Elon Musk’s Twitter drops government-funded media labels

[ad_1] Twitter has removed labels describing global media organizations as government-funded or state-affiliated, a move that comes after the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification checkmarks from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee. Among those no longer labeled was National Public Radio in the U.S., which announced last week that it would stop … Read more

Twitter starts removing blue check marks from users who don’t pay

[ad_1] Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform. After several false starts, Twitter began making good on its promise Thursday to remove the blue checks from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee to … Read more

Tickets to watch LeBron James break the NBA scoring record are going for more than $69,000

[ad_1] LeBron James is set to break NBA scoring record LeBron James is set to break NBA scoring record 00:40 With LeBron James expected to break the NBA’s all-time scoring record this week, fans eager to watch the Los Angeles Laker star vault into sports history in person will have to lay out big bucks. … Read more

Tickets to watch LeBron James break the NBA scoring record are going for more than $69,000

[ad_1] LeBron James is set to break NBA scoring record LeBron James is set to break NBA scoring record 00:40 With LeBron James expected to break the NBA’s all-time scoring record this week, fans eager to watch the Los Angeles Laker star vault into sports history in person will have to lay out big bucks. … Read more

High school athletes are getting major endorsement deals following state law changes

[ad_1] Jada Williams was a social media star and talented point guard when she moved with her mother from a Kansas City suburb to San Diego, looking to play basketball for a high school powerhouse and parlay her online prowess into endorsement deals. She found it all in California, which has become the trendsetter among … Read more

Verified Twitter accounts impersonating LeBron James, George W. Bush and others send out fake tweets

[ad_1] Several Twitter users have already begun exploiting the revamped Twitter Blue by receiving the blue check mark and pretending to be celebrities and politicians. Twitter Blue, which now costs $8 a month, is stirring confusion about which of the platforms’ accounts are real. A verified Twitter account that had Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James’ … Read more