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Taliban pay for Twitter blue tick

08:24 am on 19 January 2023

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Prominent members of the Taliban have reportedly attained a blue tick on Twitter thanks to its paid for verification service.

Previously, the blue tick was a marker than an account was authentic, notable, and of public interest. 

Now, it's available to anyone willing to pay eight dollars a month, including high ranking members of the Taliban.

BBC Monitoring Journalist Abdirahim Saeed wrote the story and spoke to Charlotte Cook.