![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/eastenders-star-impersonated-by-groomers-to-talk-to-kids-slams-twitter-plan/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_17476973-high.jpg&description=EastEnders star Rob Kazinsky has spoken of how online groomers used to impersonate him to speak to children, as he attacked Elon Musk's plans for people to pay for Twitter blue ticks. Rob, who has played Walford trouble maker Sean Slater on and off since 2006, said he felt "powerless" to stop people using his name and face, and verification is needed to protect children and the vulnerable. It comes as billionaire Musk, Twitter's new owner, said that people will pay £7 a month for a verified blue tick tick, after the Tesla founder originally putt the price at £17. Rob, who has also appeared in Hollywood movies such as The Gray Man, took to Twitter to share why he believes verified accounts on Twitter are important. Rob Kazinsky has played Sean Slater in EastEnders since 2006 (Image: BBC / Jack Barnes) In a long thread, he began: "Years ago, before verified accounts were a thing, back when I was on Eastenders, I was contacted multiple times by parents of children who had been 'conversing' with me online. 11-15 year old children that had been talking with a fake me. "I was informed one of these children went missing. I didn't have social media at the time, I didn't understand it." The actor continued: "It's a horror show, for years people pushed for some way, to root out the fakes. Robert spoke about why he believes Twitter's verification system is so important (Image: @RobertKazinsky / Twitter) The actor has starred in Hollywood movies as well as EastEnders (Image: Splash) "There was a phase, if you remember, of people posting images of themselves with their URL. I did that on every site I could find, Facebook, myspace, Bebo, anything." Rob said he felt "powerless to stop people using my name and face to scam or groom people. "That's why verification came to be. Because it was important to protect people," he went on. "It wasn't for clout, or for leveraging money from a platform. It was to protect people from utter scumbags." The True Blood star said he thinks there a){kind=link}
EastEnders star Robert Kazinsky has launched a passionate attack on Elon Musk’s plans to charge Twitter users for a blue tick verification, saying that verification is needed to protect children and the vulnerable
EastEnders star Rob Kazinsky has spoken of how online groomers used to impersonate him to speak to children, as he attacked Elon Musk’s plans for people to pay for Twitter blue ticks.
Rob, who has played Walford trouble maker Sean Slater on and off since 2006, said he felt “powerless” to stop people using his name and face, and verification is needed to protect children and the vulnerable.
It comes as billionaire Musk, Twitter’s new owner, said that people will pay £7 a month for a verified blue tick tick, after the Tesla founder originally putt the price at £17.
Rob, who has also appeared in Hollywood movies such as The Gray Man, took to Twitter to share why he believes verified accounts on Twitter are important.