Grow up, kiddos: Saba Qamar is not happy with fan impersonating her on Twitter

The new CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk’s decision of charging $8 for a blue-tick verified account on the micro-blogging site backfired for Saba Qamar.

A social media user created a fake profile on the bird app with the Baaghi star’s name and purchased a verified account against it. While celebrities are used to having multiple fan accounts created by people under their names, a fake verified account is not only misleading but also classifies as impersonation.

“It’s time to grow up, kiddos,” she concluded referring to how childish it is to have created a fake account and then spend money on it to gain attention.

However, it turns out that Qamar isn’t the only one who became a victim of fake blue tick marks and Musk has realised his mistake. After a much-debated attempt at changing the Twitter accounts' verification system to a paid two-tier model, the CEO announced to revert to the original gray check mark for verified accounts on Thursday in a tweet.

He claimed "corrupt legacy Blue 'verification' checkmarks" as the reason for removing them. Until Friday, Twitter's blue checkmarks could be purchased for $7.99/month, leading users to set up fake accounts impersonating brands and people.

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