Make sure to keep a vigilant eye out for those Twitter Blue parody accounts 😬
Most sports fans likely have felt the confusion and embarrassment of getting duped by a fake Twitter account. Whether it’s aor a random handle that looks an awful lot like Adam Schefter, most of us have, at least momentarily, been led astray when it comes to untrue breaking sports news.
Thanks to Twitter Blue, that issue resurfaced en masse on Wednesday, when the new feature which enables users to purchase a blue checkmark—previously used solely for identify verification—for the price of $7.99 per month. There were multiple fake sports-related accounts that propped up in the wake of Twitter Blue’s launch, but perhaps none more high-profile than the fake LeBron James—or, as Twitter knew him, @KlNGJamez.
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