Twitter’s blue check mark was once a coveted status symbol. Now, some users are calling it “ the dreaded mark ” or that “ stinking badge.” ...

But to other users, the check mark has become a status symbol, unfairly reserved for a select group. It’s a sentiment Mr. Musk, with his feudalist metaphor, appears to share.

Days after Elon Musk’s Twitter purged blue check marks from VIP users and prominent organizations, the checks reappeared on the accounts of a number of high-profile figures, many of whom ...

Patrick Mahomes, like nearly every other “verified” person who has a Twitter account, witnessed his blue check disappear on Thursday. The two-time Super Bowl MVP, after noticing that his ...