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# Twitter Blesses Extremists With Paid 'Blue Checks'
- URL: https://werd.io/twitter-blesses-extremists-with-paid-blue-checks/
- Published: 2022-11-26T06:29:21.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-26T06:29:21.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“Hatewatch’s investigation of extremists’ use of Twitter Blue, based in part on a third-party public list of paid blue-check accounts, found that white nationalists, anti-LGBTQ extremists and other far-right individuals and groups now sport what was once a symbol of credibility on the platform.” [#Twitter](https://werd.io/tag/Twitter)

\[[Link](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/16/twitter-blesses-extremists-paid-blue-checks)\]