Fake Disney Junior Twitter Account With Gold Tick Suspended — But Not Before Using Profanities And Racial Slur
deadline.comA Disney Junior-branded Twitter account has been suspended after receiving a gold tick from the social media platform. The account, which has the handle @DisneyJuniorUK but appears to completely unaffiliated with Disney, has been removed in the last few minutes.
The account holder tweeted “no f***ing way” earlier this morning in the UK — an apparent reference to the verification. It’s unknown how the holder got the gold tick, which is reserved for the official and verified accounts of businesses who pay $1,000 per month.
The account tweeted several other messages before being shut down, including one using a racial slur and profanity against Twitter CEO Elon Musk and another claiming adult animation South Park was launching on Disney Junior in May.
They also used another account to launch a poll as to whether they should shut down the account and another saying they had noticed they were “in control” of the account two days ago.
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