I'm confused this article talks about how you'll be able to show/hide the blue checkmark, but totally ignores the “government ID" requirement? Is that not the far bigger story?

Also how gullible do you have to be to actually pay $ just so your ID can be included in the, sure to be coming soon, data breach?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/24/23655092/twitter-blue-verified-checkmark-hide-research

@paul I doubt the IDs are saved after the verification.