Twitter plans to charge users interested in earning and maintaining the blue badge for verified accounts, a feature that will be included in the paid subscription Twitter Bluewhose price will rise to 20 dollars.
Musk, who has recently completed the acquisition of Twitter, announced this Sunday on his profile on the social network that “the entire verification process is being renewed at the moment”in response to a user who has been denied the blue badge multiple times.
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Twitter implemented a new account verification policy in early 2021, letting people know that a public interest account is authentic, relevant, and active.
The new design could include an additional payment to obtain said badge. According to sources consulted by The Verge and some internal emails to which he has had access, Twitter plans to introduce a payment process to get the blue badge.
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This change would be included in the monthly Twitter Blue subscription, which gives access to additional functions. Currently, this service is only available in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, where it charges users $4.99.
According to sources consulted by The Verge, the technology company is considering raising the price of the subscription to $19.99, a change that would force verified users to pay for the subscription within 90 days, or else they would lose. The badge.
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Until now, the verification process has been carried out free of charge, at the initiative of the user interested in having the badge. Twitter employees would have until November 7 to launch the feature if they don’t want to be fired.
On the other hand, and after knowing the closing of the acquisition, Bloomberg reported that one of the measures that Musk planned to adopt was the restoration of the permanently suspended accounts in the social network.
Source: Elcomercio
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