Twitter will soon start charging verified users $19.99 per
month for the blue check mark verifying the authenticity of an account, The
Verge is reporting.
The blue “verified” badge on Twitter lets people know that
an account of public interest is authentic.
To qualify, accounts must be “notable, authentic and
active.”
This includes accounts of government officials, people
representing prominent brands, news organisations, journalists, activists,
celebrities, athletes and others.
The development comes just days after Elon Musk, the
billionaire founder of Tesla Inc, completed his takeover of Twitter.
On Sunday, he tweeted: “The whole verification process is being revamped right now.”
@sriramk any chance in helping with verification? Denied some 4-5 times despite large following and working to share spaceflight/rocket launches to the masses via my photography. Published in a plethora of huge outlets but Twitter doesn’t seem to care! https://t.co/efL1l1H2d9
— John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos) October 30, 2022
But Musk did not give more details on the process.
According to The Verge, a news website, Twitter accounts
that already have the verification will have to comply with this new mechanism
and pay up for the blue badge.
It said verified users would have 90 days to subscribe or
lose their blue check mark.
Also, employees working on the project were told on Sunday
that they need to meet a deadline of November 7, 2022, to launch the feature or
they will be fired.
The new changes for verified accounts will, reportedly, be
introduced under Twitter Blue.
Twitter Blue, which costs $4.99 monthly is the microblogging platform’s paid monthly subscription which offers users exclusive access to premium features such as the option to edit a tweet, undo a tweet, and read news ad-free.
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