Verkkothe removal of the check marks is the latest step by musk to remake twitter since he bought it in october for $44 billion, casting himself as the steward. Verified account protected tweets @; Verkkoif you’ve got legacy status on twitter, we’ve got some bad news: Elon musk is finally confiscating your blue checkmark. Verified account protected tweets @; Verkkotwitter reiterated that it’s going to remove legacy verified checkmarks tomorrow, april 20th. The thing is, i won’t believe twitter until it actually.