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Twitter's verified checkmarks bought by Taliban leaders appear to have been removed: Reports

| @indiablooms | Jan 18, 2023, at 03:31 pm

Kabul: Twitter account verifications bought by the Taliban appear to have been removed after several netizens expressed anger following the micro-blogging site's decision to give the special 'Blue Tick' mark to the Islamist rulers of the South Asian country.

Since Elon Musk became the chief of the company,  users could buy the 'Blue Tick' mark for a fee.

The head of the Taliban’s department for “access to information”, Hedayatullah Hedayat, and its top media watchdog, Abdul Haq Hammad, each had blue ticks on their accounts as of Monday, reports The Guardian.

The two Taliban leader's accounts have 187,000 and 170,000 followers each.

Muhammad Jalal, who previously identified as a Taliban official, praised the new owner of Twitter on Monday, declaring that Elon Musk was "making Twitter great again", reports BBC.

In December last year, Twitter introduced 'Blue Tick' service.

It costs $8 per month, and an increased fee of $11 is paid by those using the Twitter app on Apple devices, reports BBC.

As per the new policy of the micro-blogging site, gold checkmarks indicate businesses, while grey ones are for other users, such as governing authorities.

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