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Blue tick mayhem takes over Twitter
DONALD TRUMP:
Trump, who is banned on Twitter, emerged again with a blue tick, mocking the new verification system. The fake account, however, was taken down in a few hours
A purported Tesla account, with a blue check, started posting about the car company Musk runs. The impostor sensed the end is near: “We ride this till it combusts like a Tesla battery.”
A fake Apple account cropped up offering to sell “Apple Air+” for $9.99
A fake account posted offensive tweets by the name of former US president George W Bush
Another false account claimed to be former British PM Tony Blair retweeting the fake Bush profile