Return free blue check for X profiles with over 2500 followers. Follows Elon Musk's announcement a few days ago.

Could be an attempt to regain some popular profiles and face competition from Meta Threads. Not everyone who found themselves with the blue check again was happy. "To be clear," lawyer and political commentator Elie Mystal wrote on his profile, "even if Elon branded me without permission or consent, I will still make fun of those who paid for the blue checks." Reproduction rights reserved.