Mark Ruffalo, Elon Musk Spar Over The $8 Checkmark Plan, With AOC The Instigator – Deadline

The $8 Battle of the Blue Checks is heating up.

Elon Musk lashed out at Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo in a tweet Saturday after Ruffalo backed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s declare that paying for Twitter doesn’t promote free speech.

Ruffalo joins different celebrities who’ve balked at forking over the month-to-month payment for the coveted mark. Musk and Ruffalo have traded barbs earlier than, however this time, AOC was within the center.

“Lmao at a billionaire earnestly making an attempt to promote folks on the concept that ‘free speech’ is definitely a $8/mo subscription plan,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote Wednesday.

Musk replied to her: “Your suggestions is appreciated, now pay $8.”

AOC accused Musk of blocking her account the following day.

Ruffalo joined the fray by retweeting AOC, writing, “Elon. Please—for the love of decency—get off Twitter, hand the keys over to somebody who does this as an precise job, and get on with operating Tesla and SpaceX.”

Ruffalo added: “You might be destroying your credibility. It’s simply not an excellent look.”

Musk bit again on Saturday. “Sizzling take: not all the pieces AOC says is correct.”

Ruffalo responded. “Perhaps so. That’s why having sturdy filters for dis/misinformation & credible verified customers has been a preferred function for folks & advertisers alike. We want these safeguards to ensure it’s correct data, or the app loses credibility, as do you. And folks depart.”

Musk has claimed that Twitter might lose tons of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} with out adjustments. The subscription mannequin for blue checks is one a part of his plan to scale back overhead. Included in that was a layoff of an estimated 3,700 staff worldwide late final week.