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Some of Twitter’s most followed accounts, including Cristiana Ronaldo and Lady Gaga, have lost their official status

After objections from a number of major media organisations, Twitter appears to have dropped its media account labels. The labels drove at least two media organisations from the platform, and enraged followers of many others.

Twitter dropped the "Government-funded" and "China state-affiliated" labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various global media organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the "Government-funded Media" label from the accounts of US-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation…

Stephen King, LeBron James and William Shatner are among the stars whose blue ticks remain, despite claiming they had not paid a subscription

Twitter has removed labels describing global media organizations are government-funded or state-affiliated

It comes after legacy verified checkmarks were removed from the social app on Thursday

The CEO of Tesla and Twitter has seen his net worth battered in recent years.

Author was left confused after noticing he was still verified

Major political party pages and celebs with huge followings have lost their verification badges.