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LeBron James and the Blue Check Nobody Wants

LeBron James and the Blue Check Nobody Wants

Elon Musk gave celebrities their Blue Checks back - whether they wanted them or not. That could amount to an illegal false endorsement.

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Max Burns
Apr 23, 2023
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The saddest man on Twitter got just a little bit sadder on Saturday, when users noticed Twitter CEO Elon Musk appeared to be handing out free verified check marks to accounts with more than one million followers — including the accounts of very famous and very dead people like Anthony Bourdain, Chadwick Boseman and Norm MacDonald.

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