It is unknown whether someone paid to verify these accounts or if Twitter granted them blue checks free of charge. Twitter does not operate a public relations department that Engadget could reach for comment. Many users who received their check mark for free are upset that Twitter is suggesting they paid for Twitter Blue. Dril joked that Musk fired the people in charge, telling him it was illegal, pointing to the Wikipedia page detailing the Lanham Act, a federal law that lays out what constitutes false endorsement in the US.
