Twitter starts charging celebrities, Politicians for blue ticks

Twitter starts charging celebrities for blue ticks

The move comes as owner Elon Musk attempts to maximize the social media company to turn a profit.

Twitter has removed legacy blue verified badges from profiles not subscribed to Twitter Blue subscription. As promised by the company owner Elon Musk earlier this month, Twitter users who got verified under the old regime will lose the coveted blue tick if they do not pay before April 20 – 4/23. Twitter had initially planned to remove legacy verified badges from April 1, but only select users lost the blue tick from their profile.

Users who wish to retain the check beside their name must pay $84 a year to subscribe to Twitter Blue.
As the change happened, many formerly verified took to Twitter to joke about it, or mourn the loss.
Under Twitter’s new verification scheme, gold, grey and blue badges are meant to provide more context to how an account was verified.

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