“I’m pleased the Blackpool Civic Trust working with the Jaguar Daimler Trust, created a new blue plaque which explains this sometimes forgotten history of Blackpool.

Source: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/plaque-marks-jaguar-cars-special-link-with-blackpool-3981513

Some people who had blue check marks used them to impersonate public figures as a form of protest or comedy; those users were usually banned from Twitter and (if their accounts were later reinstated) were not given a new blue check mark.

Source: https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/blue-check-funeral.html?via=rss