Elon Musk says Twitter users will use their power to influence users

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A former worker on Twitter's verification team who asked to remain anonymous told the BBC: "Our number one goal for my team was to protect users from real world harm and this screams the complete opposite to me." Users will use their power to influence anything from misinformation to actual harm to users all over the world. They said it was a silent threat that no one is seeing.

In November, the initial launch of Twitter Blue was chaotic as people started impersonating big brands and celebrities and paying for the blue tick badge in order to make them look authentic. Many pretended to be Mr Musk himself.

Musk has expressed concerns about how many fake or spam accounts are on Twitter. He put his $44 billion plan to buy the social media platform on hold at one point as he questioned the number of bots disclosed by the firm's previous management team.