Since Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter last week, there's been a brouhaha over his plans for it, especially the possibility of various fees, like one for verification badges. Those are the blue check marks that let people know an account belongs to whom it says it belongs. They have mostly been granted through an opaque process to notable users — celebrities, heads of state, official agencies, journalists.Some have ridiculed the idea of charging fees, claiming it would undermine free speech and create inequalities.

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