Shah Rukh Khan to Anand Mahindra, everyone lost Twitter blue tick – but guess who didn’t?

Shah Rukh Khan to Anand Mahindra: People who have lost their Twitter verification

Elon Musk made good on his promise to remove the coveted blue check mark from ‘legacy’ verified Twitter accounts this time around. April 20 saw thousands of Twitter accounts lose their verified status as part of Musk’s plan to push for verification through a paid monthly subscription plan.

Among those who lost their Twitter blue ticks are Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt and more. Industrialists Ratan Tata and Anand Mahindra have also been un-verified on Twitter, as have several politicians like Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

For now, only those Twitter users who pay an $8 monthly fee for Twitter Blue subscription have the blue check mark next to their names – with a handful of exceptions. Musk has announced that he is personally paying for Twitter Blue subscriptions for some celebrities so they can keep their blue checks.

Elon Musk is paying for the Twitter Blue subscription of Canadian actor William Shatner, NBA star LeBron James and author Stephen King – who had famously feuded with the Tesla billionaire over his plans to charge for verification.

You’re welcome namaste

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023

The Twitter account of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, for example, is verified because “it’s an affiliate of Amazon on Twitter.” On the other hand, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Apple CEO Tim Cook have paid for subscription and verified their phone numbers so their accounts are still verified.