Prime India sports activities stars, together with the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and double Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu, have misplaced the blue checkmarks that helped confirm their identification on the micro-blogging website Twitter.
The legacy blue checkmarks had been beforehand granted to journalists, public officers, and celebrities totally free as a measure in opposition to impersonation and spam on the social media platform.
Twitter, which was taken over by enterprise magnate and Tesla CEO Elon Musk final 12 months, nonetheless, eliminated the blue ticks from accounts that don’t pay a month-to-month subscription for the service on Thursday.
“Tomorrow, 4/20, we’re eradicating legacy verified checkmarks,” the official Twitter Verified account had tweeted on Wednesday.
Other than the above trio, World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal, Neeraj Chopra and Bajrang Punia, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, two-time World Boxing Champion Nikhat Zareen, Sania Mirza, Indian soccer crew skipper Sunil Chhetri, males’s hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh had been amongst a plethora of Indian sporting icons who’ve misplaced their blue ticks.
Tennis nice Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, footballers Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe and basketball legend Stephen Curry are additionally not “verified” on the social media platform.
To any extent further, solely people and organisations that pay for the premium Twitter Blue subscription will get the verified credential on their profiles.
The Twitter Blue subscription is obtainable for a month-to-month charge of Rs 650 on the internet and Rs 900 on cellular gadgets.