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The Washington Post / Annabelle Timsit and Marisa Iati / Apr 24, 2023
“Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, and Anthony Bourdain are the latest celebrities to be verified under Twitter Blue, the social media platform’s paid-subscription service that allows anyone to get a blue check mark by their display name if they pay $8 a month and confirm their phone number. Except the actor, athlete, and celebrity chef died years ago, before Twitter Blue even existed.”
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