Elon Musk’s Twitter decided to finally get rid of the legacy blue verified checkmark on April 20, following which the platform was enveloped in chaos — but what happened next was just plain bizarre. 

What Happened: Twitter’s verification process has come under fire after a fake Walt Disney Company’s (NYSE:DIS) account, @DisneyJuniorUK, managed to get verified with a gold tick. 

The account holder took to Twitter to announce this development, resulting in the tweet getting viral. The account has since been suspended from the platform.

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Interestingly, the “real” Disney Junior account has also been awarded a gold badge. 

For the unversed, the gold checkmark on Twitter is for organizations and businesses paying $1000 a month to the microblogging site. 

However, later it was reported that almost every account with over one million followers was given a new blue tick, including some celebrities who aren’t alive. 

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