Twitter changes see Nintendo, Rockstar, Valve impersonated using verified accounts

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Twitter users are using the platform's new Elon Musk era changes to impersonate official video game companies. For a sm…

Twitter's rapid changes to how it displays verified accounts have caused widespread confusion. Yesterday, the company rolled out a separate"Official" tag for certain verified accounts - only for it to be ditched just hours later by Elon Musk himself, as he decided he didn't like it after all.

"Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months," Musk wrote."We will keep what works and change what doesn't."We will keep what works & change what doesn’t.Until this improves, it's worth being careful with what you read on Twitter.Get your first month for £1 when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription.

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Elon Musk will learn fast how Nintendo sues.

Elon has really musked it up this time

Who could have predicted that Twitter providing a verification tick for a fee without actually doing any verification could lead to such scenarios? That's right:

Woah, I didn’t see this happening 🙃

So Musk may lose those ad sales, but think of the $24 dollars he made from the verification charge.

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Changing name should mean the loss of the tick

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