A drunk pope? Ted Cruz the cannibal? Twitter parodies exploit new blue tick
by Matthew Cantor in Los Angeles from Technology | The Guardian on (#65PQ1)
The service now allows users to pay $8 to appear verified'. Celebrity impersonators are having a field day
George W Bush misses killing Iraqis", and Tony Blair agrees. OJ Simpson says he did it. And Elon Musk is offering free nightly dinners" and family vacations to anyone whose name happens to be that of his ex, Grimes.
At least, that's what these famous people appear to be saying on Twitter - and it must all be true, because they have a blue checkmark next to their names.
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