Until now, the icons with a check mark, which guarantee the authenticity of the Twitter profile, are available for free. However, they are mainly available to celebrities, companies and users with a lot of followers, such as politicians or journalists.
On Monday evening, the technology blogs “Platformer” and “The Verge” reported that the verification checks should only be available to customers of the Twitter Blue subscription. It currently costs $4.99 per month.
“The Verge” also wrote, citing informed people and internal communications, that the verification should be part of a new, more expensive Blue version. Twitter wants to charge $19.99 per month for this. Software developers were given a November 7 deadline to start the position – otherwise they would be fired.
Musk himself only wrote on Twitter on Sunday that the verification process is currently under review. He paid about $44 billion for Twitter. The money came partly from the sale of his shares in electric car maker Tesla – but also from contributions from investors and loans that have to be maintained. Twitter was recently in the red. (sda/dpa)
Soource :Watson
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