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| − | 's $8-a-month blue check mark Twitter service has sown chaos, with companies like Eli Lilly and Lockheed Martin losing billions after tweets sent from fake accounts duped investors.<br>Fake accounts purporting to be big brands have popped up with the blue check marks since the new roll-out, including Musk's and , as well as Roblox, Nestle, Lockheed Martin and Eli Lilly. <br>The social media platform paused its recently announced service on Friday as the fake accounts mushroomed, and new owner Musk brought back the 'official' badge for some users.<br>But the damage was already done for some companies whose stock prices dropped on Friday following tweets from the fake accounts. <br>Eli Lilly fell 4.5 percent Friday after a user tweeted from a verified account that looked like an official Lilly profile: 'We are excited to announce insulin is now free.'<br>The company's capitalization also decreased by more than $7 billion. Lilly posted an apology from its real account and [https://www.racasinos.com 라카지노 주소] executives later ordered a halt to all T <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>The verification system has been exploited by fake accounts impersonating a range of different brands and people since Musk took over. <br>On Friday, Eli Lilly executives ordered a halt to all Twitter ad campaigns, the Washington Post reported. <br>They also paused their Twitter publishing plan for all corporate accounts around the world.<br>' For $8, they' re potentially losing out on millions of dollars in ad revenue, ' Amy O'Connor, a former senior communications official at Eli Lilly who now works at a trade association, told the Post. <br> 'What's the benefit to a company … of staying on Twitter?<br><br>It's not worth the risk when patient trust and health are on the line.'<br>Eli Lilly declined to reveal how much money it has spent on advertising with Twitter.<br>But it's not the only billion-dollar company whose accounts have been copied.<br>An account claiming to be PepsiCo tweeted out: 'Coke is better.' <br>Nestle, which is Poland Springs parent company tweeted: 'We steal your water and sell it back to you.' <br>Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla were not even safe from fake accounts. <br>The SpaceX account tweeted: 'It is with a heavy heart that we announce that we will be ceasing all missions.<br><br>We plan to funnel $240 million in overstanding government subsidies to groups dedicated to sustainable agriculture and ending World Hunger.'<br>From a 'verified' Tesla Twitter account, someone tweeted: 'honestly a 53% drop in stock price doesn't [faze] us.<br>If there's anyone who knows about crashing it's us.'<br> An account claiming to be PepsiCo tweeted out: 'Coke is better'<br> Nestle, which is Poland Springs parent company tweeted: 'We steal your water and sell it back to you'<br> Last week, an account claiming to be BP Global tweeted: 'Just cause we killed the planet doesn't mean we can't miss it'<br>The Federal Trade Commission has warned that it's following recent developments at Twitter 'with concern' and one of the company's lawyers wrote on an [ https:// twitter. com/search? q= internal%20messaging internal messaging] board that the social network could face billions in fines over violations of its consent decree with the US agency.<br>Despite the chaos, Musk wrote on Twitter that the number of active users on his platform were at an 'all time high'.<br><br>'Quite the day!' he wrote, have said before: 'Usage of Twitter continues to rise. One thing is for sure: it isn' t boring!'<br>In another Tweet, Musk had posted: 'Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months.<br><br>We will keep what works & change what doesn't.'<br> The SpaceX account tweeted: 'It is with a heavy heart that we announce that we will be ceasing all missions.<br><br>We plan to funnel $240 million in overstanding government subsidies to groups dedicated to sustainable agriculture and ending World Hunger' <br>The Tesla CEO has controversially said he wants the blue tick to be available to all paying customers.<br>He said opening the verification process up to more people will help democratize Twitter and cut down on the spam and bot accounts on the site.<br>But critics have said this opens the door to confusion, impersonation and the further spread of misinformation.<br>Musk tweeted late on Thursday that all parody accounts must have 'parody' in their username as an attempt to crack down on the confusion.<br>Several top security and privacy experts at the company have also resigned amid the controversial changes.<br>Meanwhile, Twitter has cut half of its workforce and Musk raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt.<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox news" data-version="2" id="mol- 5ad67030- 6444-11ed- 846e- c5836c9ddc3f" website Musk' s $8-a-month blue tick sows chaos as fake accounts pop up | + | today warned there would be no quick fix to solve the Channel migrant crisis, [https://www.racasinos.com 라카지노 주소] after signing a new deal with designed to stem the flow into Briton.<br> The Home Secretary said there was no ' silver bullet' in the new £63 agreement, which will see UK staff in French control rooms for the first time. <br> she said that the flow of people from the continent, which this has [ http:// dig. ccmixter.org/search? searchp= reached reached] a record 40, 000 this year, is ' not a problem that can be solved overnight'.<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol- 3155baf0- 641b-11ed- 9b8d- 85f00ec2381a" website Braverman: no 'silver bullet' to solve Channel migrant crisis |
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today warned there would be no quick fix to solve the Channel migrant crisis, 라카지노 주소 after signing a new deal with designed to stem the flow into Briton.
The Home Secretary said there was no 'silver bullet' in the new £63 agreement, which will see UK staff in French control rooms for the first time.
she said that the flow of people from the continent, which this has reached a record 40,000 this year, is 'not a problem that can be solved overnight'.
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-3155baf0-641b-11ed-9b8d-85f00ec2381a" website Braverman: no 'silver bullet' to solve Channel migrant crisis
