Musk removes New York Times' blue tick on Twitter after it refuses to pay fee

Twitter CEO Elon Musk removed the blue verification badge for The New York Times after the organisation said they weren't planning to pay the monthly fee. Reacting to a Twitter user's meme on Times' statement, Musk wrote, "Oh ok, we'll take it off then." He earlier announced that legacy blue ticks on Twitter will be removed starting April 1.