Can Elon Musk Save the Diminishing Value of Twitter’s Blue Check Mark?

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Elon Musk's Twitter profile on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos on April 28, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

By Jonathan Miltimore

5/2/2023Updated: 5/2/2023

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The Bible says, “Thou shall not covet,” but for years I secretly coveted something many had: Twitter’s blue check mark.

Jonathan Miltimore

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Jon Miltimore is senior editor at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) and former managing editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, Washington Examiner, and the Star Tribune.

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