Twitter Employees Sold Blue Check Verification Badges For $15,000 Behind The Scenes

Musk revealed past week that the recently acquired company has seen considerable revenue losses as a result of notable advertisers withdrawing. Now, it's been revealed that Twitter employees were selling blue-check verification badges for $15,000 behind the scenes.

On November 5, Elon Musk corroborated reports that Twitter staff were selling user verification badges.

"Twitter employees were selling verification for upwards of $15,000. For certain accounts, mine included, they would re...

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