Elon Musk's X has stirred confusion as some users woke up to free blue ticks on Thursday (Apr 4) morning. For those living under a rock, X, formerly Twitter, for years, used to offer blue tick verification badges to prominent accounts, including those of celebrities, politicians, journalists, and other influential people.

Back from the dead: Elon Musk's X sparks confusion with surprise return of free blue ticks

Elon Musk’s Twitter finally did what it had decided to do over two weeks ago; remove its blue checks from verified accounts. This has left many confused over which accounts of celebrities, lawmakers, and so on, are real and which are not.

Explained | Twitter yanks blue ticks but there's still a way to see if an account is real

The White House joined other US institutions in refusing to pay for the Twitter Blue subscription service. On Friday, White House Director of Digital Strategy Rob Flaherty informed the staff via email that they would have to pay for the subscription out of their pocket if they wish so, according to Axios.

White House refuses to pay for its employees’ Twitter Blue verification

Twitter has spoken and Elon Musk has announced that he will give people what they want. After a landslide of Twitter users voted yes to Musk's question regarding the reinstatement of suspended accounts, the billionaire has announced "amnesty" for the users in question.

'Vox Populi, Vox Dei': Elon Musk announces reinstatement of suspended Twitter accounts

A top US Republican senator has asked Twitter's new owner Elon Musk to conduct a threat assessment at the social media platform in order to better protect US user data.

Senior US senator asks Musk to do risk assessment of Twitter over privacy threats

In a much-debated move, Twitter's new owner recently reinstated the account of controversial figure former US president Donald Trump, now Elon Musk is asking his followers if the social media platform should offer a "general amnesty" to other suspended accounts.

Elon Musk's latest poll comes with an offer of 'general amnesty' for suspended accounts

As the new Chief Twit Elon Musk welcomed back to Twitter the formerly banned Donald Trump and Ye a.k.a., Kanye West, a coalition of civil rights activists on Monday urged advertisers to issue statements about pulling their ads off the social media platform.

Activists ramp up pressure on Twitter advertisers, say Musk 'was lying from the beginning'

The rollercoaster ride that is Elon Musk's Twitter is on another low with the much-awaited, paid subscription of the so-called "Twitter blue" subscription stopped, however, the billionaire has now revealed that the service will probably come back by the "end of next week.

Elon Musk reveals Twitter blue-tick will probably come back by the 'end of next week'

Just days after taking over Twitter as the "Chief Twit", Elon Musk has been openly pondering on how to bring in money. The company has already made certain moves, like laying off half of its global workforce and starting to charge $8 per month for the once-free blue tick verification.

Twitter users may soon have to pay more than just $8 as Musk deliberates putting platform behind paywall

As Twitter takes up more and more of Elon Musk's attention, concerned Tesla Inc. shareholders sold their shares, bringing the billionaire's net worth below $200 billion.

Elon Musk's net worth falls below $200bn; Investors dump Tesla shares as he becomes ‘more focused on Twitter'

Twitter as we know and love is gone. The social media platform which in the past was pretty famous for its trolls and parody accounts has now taken a hard stance against people "impersonating" its new owner Elon Musk.

Millions of followers, blue-tick go down the drain as Twitter suspends accounts for impersonating Elon Musk

Twitter has delayed the rollout of its highly coveted paid blue check verification mark until after the US midterm elections, per a report by CNN. The publication said a source privy to the knowledge confirmed the decision to it.

Twitter delaying rollout of paid blue verification mark until after US midterm elections: Report

Just two days after laying off almost 50 per cent of its staff, Elon Musk's Twitter Inc has now apparently reached out to dozens of the fired people asking them to return to jobs, reports Bloomberg.

Elon Musk's Twitter calls back some of the fired employees, says they got laid off 'by mistake'

With its first significant update to the social media network, Twitter formally released an update of its app on the Apple App Store on Saturday. The newly released update offers users the highly coveted blue check verification mark for $8.

Twitter's new iOS update lets users get the blue verification mark 'just like the celebrities' for $7.99

Elon Musk is reportedly planning to charge $20 per month for the Twitter Blue Badge subscription, which also includes verification of users. According to the Verge, Musk told the staff on Sunday that they need to roll out the feature by November 7 or else they would be fired.

Elon Musk to charge $20 per month for Twitter verification: Report

After pausing for a week, Twitter announced it has resumed the process of accepting users’ requests for verification of their personal data. The verification process had restarted on May 20 after over four years.

Twitter restarts verification application process for the blue badge: Find out how to apply

Twitter users can once again apply to be verified after a years-long freeze on public submissions for the site's blue checkmarks, though the company said only "notable" users would be awarded the badge.

Here's how you can get Twitter's blue check mark after verification freeze

Twitter Inc on Tuesday released plans to bring back its verification programme on the site. Earlier, Twitter had promised to revamp its verification mechanism which provides blue ticks to prominent faces on the website.

You can apply to get verified on Twitter again starting next year

The decision is believed to be a result of criticism the company faced for verifying the handle of Jason Kessler, a far right activist who organised a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, USA, in August.

Twitter pauses blue check mark verification after controversy