Hoaxers taking advantage of Twitter’s new loosened rules for getting “verified” accounts have flooded the app with fake messages from celebrities and corporations, apparently slamming the stock prices of Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) in the process. Lilly (LLY) fell some 4.5% Friday after someone used a verified account designed to look like … Read more
Twitter on Friday brought back its gray “official” label to verify some accounts, just days after CEO Elon Musk scrapped it. Twitter Support said they’ve re-added the feature to “combat impersonation.” Since the revamped Twitter Blue went live on Wednesday, users are now able to obtain a blue tick as long as they subscribe and pay … Read more
Several Twitter users have already begun exploiting the revamped Twitter Blue by receiving the blue check mark and pretending to be celebrities and politicians. Twitter Blue, which now costs $8 a month, is stirring confusion about which of the platforms’ accounts are real. A verified Twitter account that had Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James’ name … Read more
Kristin Cavallari. Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Not settling! Kristin Cavallari dished on how she uses her DMs to date — and how many men she’s romanced — following Jay Cutler split. “People have set me up. Mutual friends,” the 35-year-old star revealed on the Tuesday, July 19, episode of the “Not Skinny, But Not Fat” podcast. … Read more