The last week of October changed Twitter forever. Under the realm of billionaire Elon Musk, the new owner of the popular social media shifted from its old phase. To rake in more profits, Musk decided to charge $8 to obtain a verification badge. What was once only reserved for official accounts and popular people, has only created chaos for everyone. Including Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James.

An account named @klngjamez impersonated the NBA champion. Due to the blue tick, misinformation spread like wildfire. The pseudo-LeBron shared that he wanted a trade back to Cleveland. This duped many people.

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In the tweet, he stated that he was “officially requesting a trade”. He thanked the Lakers for the support and hoped for a better future. The blue tick seemed to throw a lot of people off.

The real and genuine LeBron James has of course done no such thing. In fact, his last tweet is for a video game ad.

The new subscription policy has created mayhem elsewhere. A fake account of Adam Schefter reported that Las Vegas Raiders’ head coach Josh McDaniels had been fired.

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Elon Musk himself was annoyed at the several fake accounts to his name. Many trolls used his picture and bought the blue tick, and was posting in his guise. Even celebrities like Sarah Silverman and Kathy Griffin’s accounts have been suspended. Musk tweeted that Twitter accounts that engage in “impersonation” without explicitly saying “parody” will be in trouble.

Earlier, the blue tick not only indicated an influential person. It also lets people know that the account was authentic. That will seemingly no longer be the case anymore.

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The Wire reported that the new changes were “fundamentally flawed”. They claimed that it could cause more damage. According to them, payment verification does not guarantee authenticity. It would be hard to detect bots too. Legitimacy cannot be bought at $8, claimed the media house.

The NBA legend had previously locked horns with the billionaire, a day before they rolled out the changes. James wrote that he hoped that Musk and his people understood the responsibility.

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“So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech,” LeBron tweeted.

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