Elon Musk's Twitter removes New York Times' verification

Twitter has removed the verification check mark from the main account of The New York Times after the newspaper refused to pay for verification of its institutional accounts. Twitter CEO Elon Musk had set a deadline for verified users to buy a premium Twitter subscription or lose their check marks. The Times said it would not pay for verification, and Musk tweeted that the Times' check mark would be removed. Other Times accounts still had check marks, as did multiple reporters for the news organisation. The costs of keeping the check marks range from $8 a month for individual web users to a starting price of $1,000 monthly to verify an organisation, plus $50 monthly for each affiliate or employee account.