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By Archis Chowdhury A blue tick next to your Twitter account was once considered a prized asset – a symbol of verification and authenticity – given to only those who reached a certain position of prominence. Now, conspiracy theorists, trolls, misogynists, hate-mongers, and other unverified troublemakers are also sporting a blue tick – all for $8. Following the highly publicised takeover of the microblogging platform by Elon Musk, one of the most contentious changes proposed by the Tesla CEO was the removal of the legacy verification system, which was aimed at providing a tag of legitimacy to T…
