![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/twitter-blue-paused-after-imposters-one-account-claims-insulin-is-free-now/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Elon-Musk-Sells-Nearly-4-Billion-Worth-Of-Tesla-Shares-Clermont-Ferrand-Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes-Fra.jpg&description=The rollout of Twitter Blue has been paused after imposters ran amok on the site pretending to be the likes of George W Bush and Tony Blair. One account pretended to be a pharmaceutical giant and claimed "insulin is free now"Twitter accounts pretended to be Tony Blair and George W Bush Elon Musk's Twitter has paused Twitter Blue after a spate of imposters flooded the social media platform. Accounts were seen acting as President George W Bush and ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair, among others. One verified imposter account crudely claimed to be pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and said it was "excited to announce insulin is free now." The post was eventually deleted after it received several likes and retweets. As Eli Lilly's stock fell by two per cent, the company was forced to issue an apology. Twitter punished the account by turning it to private and removed its verification tick. The relaunched premium service was suddenly unavailable on Friday after the problems caused by the accounts approved by Twitter. Musk has a fight on his hands to keep advertisers from walking away ( Getty Images) For iOS users who use the app, a message now reads: "Thank you for your interest! Twitter Blue will be available in your country in the future. Please check back later." Concerns are that it is too easy for people to pose as someone else on the social networking site, whilst remaining verified with the famous blue tick. An internal seen by Platformer revealed the company was acting "to help address impersonation issues". The Slack update said: "An update on what we did tonight: hid the entry point to Twitter Blue, added the 'official' label for ONLY advertisers. Note: here is at least one way for users to sign up for Blue. Legacy Blue users can go to subscriptions and upgrade. An internal memo said Twitter wanted to "to help address impersonation issues" ( Gregory Bull/AP/REX/Shutterstock) "Note 2: Existing Blue subscribers will still have access to their Blue features." On Thursday){kind=link}
The rollout of Twitter Blue has been paused after imposters ran amok on the site pretending to be the likes of George W Bush and Tony Blair. One account pretended to be a pharmaceutical giant and claimed “insulin is free now”
Elon Musk’s Twitter has paused Twitter Blue after a spate of imposters flooded the social media platform.
Accounts were seen acting as President George W Bush and ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair, among others.
One verified imposter account crudely claimed to be pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and said it was “excited to announce insulin is free now.”
The post was eventually deleted after it received several likes and retweets. As Eli Lilly’s stock fell by two per cent, the company was forced to issue an apology.