After years of having Twitter go after conservatives, cancel accounts, and pull down legitimate stories like the New York Post Hunter Biden laptop story, it seems as if the shoe is now on the other foot.
On Tuesday, Elon Musk removed the Twitter gold badge, a verification badge for “official” accounts, from the New York Times’ X page.
The Times later received a blue “verified” badge on Thursday, a purchasable badge available to anyone.
According to The Washington Post, no explanation was given for this humiliating demotion on X.
Prior to Elon Musk’s purchase of X, the site granted verified badges to verified politicians, journalists, and public figures.