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Elon Musk pauses relaunch of Twitter's $8 plan till impersonation stops

The introduction of Twitter's $8 per month blue tick verification plan by Elon Musk earlier this month led to the creation of various fake accounts on the platform

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that the relaunch of the "Blue Verified" badge has been suspended until the problem of impersonation on the platform stops. The introduction of an $8 per month blue tick verification plan led to the creation of various fake accounts on the platform. 

The problem was so severe that Twitter suspended the $8 plan for iOS users just three days (on November 4) after rolling it out on November 1. Some of the fake profiles that emerged had names like "Jesus Christ" and "George Bush". In one instance, a fake profile by the name of "Elon

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