Elon Musk replaces Twitter's blue bird logo with 'Doge' meme
San Francisco: The change is currently only visible on the web version of Twitter and not on the app. The move comes as part of Musk's ongoing efforts to shake things up at the company since he acquired it in a $44 billion deal last year. Bloomberg has reported that the value of Dogecoin rose by almost 30% following the logo change.
Elon Musk announced the change of Twitter's classic blue bird logo to the "doge" meme on his Twitter account. To confirm the update, he posted a meme of a police officer checking a document, while Doge says it's an old photo. Additionally, Musk shared a screenshot of a conversation he had with a Twitter user before taking over the company, where he asked if there was a need for a new platform. The user suggested that Musk should buy Twitter and replace the blue bird logo with a Doge, to which Musk replied "as promised."
Since taking over Twitter in October, Elon Musk has implemented a number of changes to the platform. One recent change is that Twitter will be ending its old verified program on April 1, and users will have to pay $8 per month for a verified blue checkmark.
In a separate incident, Twitter removed the verified check mark from the New York Times' Twitter page after the company refused to pay for it. In response to a comment from a user about random users being verified while the New York Times wasn't, Musk said that the company did exactly what he wanted them to do.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023
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Traffic fraud: Fake 'no-entry' sticker racket busted in Delhi, mastermind among 3 held
New Delhi (PTI): Police here have busted a crime syndicate involved in traffic fraud and extortion, arresting three people including the alleged mastermind who sold fake stickers to help commercial vehicles bypass no-entry restrictions, an official said on Saturday.
The police said they dismantled a third organised syndicate linked to traffic-related frauds, with the arrest of Rinku Rana alias Bhushan, his associate Sonu Sharma and Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, who was also connected to another extortion syndicate.
According to the police, Rinku Rana was running a well-organised network that facilitated the movement of commercial goods vehicles during restricted hours by selling fake 'marka' or stickers for Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per vehicle every month. The stickers were falsely projected as authorisation to evade traffic challans.
During raids, the police recovered Rs 31 lakh in cash, property documents worth several crores of rupees, over 500 fake stickers and six mobile phones allegedly used to operate the syndicate.
The crackdown followed a complaint filed by a traffic police officer in April this year after a commercial vehicle tried to evade checking by producing a fake sticker claiming exemption from enforcement action.
Investigation revealed that social media groups were being used to coordinate the illegal movement of vehicles and alert drivers about traffic police checkpoints, police said.
"A parallel system was being run to cheat drivers and vehicle owners while undermining traffic enforcement. On the basis of evidence, provisions related to organised crime under the BNS were invoked," a senior police officer said.
Sonu Sharma, the police said, managed social media groups through which stickers were sold and real-time alerts were circulated regarding traffic police movement. He also acted as a link between Rana and drivers operating in the field.
In a related development, Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, an associate of Rajkumar alias Raju Meena, who was earlier arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was also apprehended.
Mukesh allegedly helped extort money from transporters and was involved in blackmailing traffic police personnel by recording enforcement actions, the police said.
Investigators alleged the syndicate led by Rajkumar deployed drivers to deliberately violate traffic rules and secretly record police officials during challans, later using manipulated videos to extort money under threat of false allegations.
The police said that in total, eight accused belonging to three different organised crime syndicates linked to traffic frauds and extortion have been arrested so far.
Further investigation is underway to trace the remaining members, conduct financial probes, and analyse digital evidence recovered during the raids, officials added.
