It has been reported that Twitter may charge users to maintain their blue check mark verifications on its social media platform.
New owner Elon Musk wants to extend the site’s existing Twitter Blue subscription, which unlocks additional features, to a more expensive service that also verifies users.
According to multiple reports in the US, Twitter will increase the price of Twitter Blue from $5 to $20 per month, giving verified users 90 days to sign up or lose their blue ticks. increase.
Twitter has not commented on the plan, but Musk said in response to a question from a user on the platform about verification, “We are currently reviewing the entire verification process.”
Verification systems are currently designed to help users identify authentic and influential users on the platform, including government officials, sports stars, showbiz insiders, journalists, and leading brands and organizations.
Your account must be complete. This means it must have a name, image, verified email address or phone number, be active within the last six months, and be in compliance with Twitter’s rules.
Twitter Blue is only available in select countries around the world, excluding Ireland and the UK, and subscribing gives you access to additional Twitter features, including the ability to edit your tweets after they’ve been submitted.
There were suggestions that Musk would look to subscription options as a way to grow Twitter’s revenue, which currently relies heavily on advertising.
After completing a $44 billion acquisition of the platform last week, Musk’s first few days in charge of the company were eventful.
Amid growing speculation that he might allow banned accounts back on the platform, he said on Friday that a Content Moderation Council was created to take action on “major” content or reinstatement before it convened. He said no decision would be made.
However, in an exchange with another user, Musk hinted at one approach to moderating content, stating that users can choose a movie-style age limit to filter content as they use the site. suggested.
“It’s probably better to be able to pick and choose which version of Twitter you want, similar to assessing the maturity of a movie,” he said.
“The rating of the tweet itself is self-selected and can be changed based on user feedback.
The owner of Tesla and SpaceX was widely criticized after tweeting a link to a conspiracy theory about an attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of senior Democratic politician Nancy Pelosi, before deleting it.
The incident raises further concerns about Musk’s belief in complete freedom of speech and the potential for content moderation to be eased since he took control of Twitter.
Over the weekend, he also denied reports that he plans to lay off Twitter employees by the beginning of next month to avoid certain payments.
Musk also gave a glimpse of the company’s possible plans. Among them is Twitter asking users in a poll on his Twitter page if he should revive his Vine, the short-form video app that was an early precursor to Vine after it shut down in 2016. was also included. Kind of like TikTok – now his Twitter main competitor in the social space.
