Twitter ‘verified’ check marks bought by Taliban appear to have been removed

Afghanistan’s hardline Islamist rulers had never carried a verification tick mark before the launch of Twitter BlueTwitter account verifications bought by the Taliban appear to have been removed, after many expressed outrage that the social media platform had given its blue check marks to Afghanistan’s hardline Islamist rulers.Twitter previously only gave blue “verified” check marks to accounts that were considered “active, notable and authentic accounts of public i