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Elon Musk is vocal about 'treating everyone equal' on Twitter, but a new report reveals the CEO has a list of 'around 35 VIP users' who get a boost on the platform.
Documents obtained by Platformer claim people in politics, sports, Hollywood and also several journalists are receiving increased visibility.
The report states that when tweets from VIP users drops, engineers for the social networking platform tweak the code so they 'are always visible.'
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro, President Joe Biden, Los Angeles Laker LeBron James and Bloomberg columnist Matt Yglesias are among the 'elite' - plus many others.
The move of tweaking the algorithm to boosts tweets echoes Musk's demands to Twitter engineers in February to push his tweets after President Joe Biden's Super Bowl post overshadowed his.
A report claims Twitter has a list of around 35 VIP users, which includes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro,
Musk is set to only give Twitter Blue subscribers access to the verification checkmark, which he likened to a 'lords and peasants system' in November 2022.
However, news of an alleged list suggests Musk may be playing favorites.
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