Pope Francis talks on the phone as he arrives at St Peter's Square for his weekly general audience in Vatican City. Franco Origlia via Getty ImagesPope Francis, Cristiano Ronaldo and Beyonce are among the first big-name casualties as Twitter removed the “blue tick” from legacy verified accounts. Twitter Verified tweeted that legacy checkmarks would be removed from the site on April 20, with the main way of getting a blue tick being to sign up for Twitter Blue, which includes an £8 monthly fee for those based in the UK. they really took his check pic.twitter.com/KSyBRvc12m — Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) April 20, 2023We’re all on high alert since the Pope lost his blue tick pic.twitter.com/Vgr1ADDyno — Michael Fry (@BigDirtyFry) April 20, 2023Advertisementtake that pope francis pic.twitter.com/Bf1ZygVIry — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 20, 2023Even Pope Francis wasn't spared. AdvertisementSome were wistfully saying goodbye to their status ...Farewell blue tick, old friend.

Source: Huffington Post April 21, 2023 00:08 UTC