Man City ace Laporte and Mahrez pokes fun at Elon Musk after major Twitter change

Manchester City stars Aymeric Laporte and Riyad Mahrez have both poked fun at Twitter owner Elon Musk and his “weird” ideas for the social media giant.

On Thursday, the blue check marks – which were established to help avoid misinformation and impersonation – were taken off accounts which had not subscribed to ‘Twitter Blue’.

Mr Musk has come under intense scrutiny for the decision, with the blue check mark now only available to users who pay $8 a month to Twitter.

Like millions of other people, City ace Laporte and Mahrez were impacted by the chance. They had a blue tick prior to the change, and were quick to joke about its removal.

Laporte tweeted on Thursday night, “Damn Elon what did u do lol,” while Mahrez stated, “Already lost it once, not scared of not having it anymore. I’m not paying for this weird ideas lol”.

Damn Elon what did u do lol

— Aymeric Laporte (@Laporte) April 20, 2023

Already lost it once, not scared of not having it anymore 😂😂 I'm not paying for this weird ideas lol

— Riyad Mahrez (@Mahrez22) April 20, 2023

Twitter says it will check whether users are impersonating others, however, questions have been raised as to how that process will work. The social media platform introduced gold and silver ticks, with the former indicating official organisations, while the latter applies to government accounts.