Twitter to Remove Blue Verification Badges Unless Users Pay for Premium Service
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Twitter will remove all legacy verifications starting April 1, requiring public figures and celebrities to subscribe to Twitter Blue to keep their blue check. Businesses and government organizations will be charged $1,000 per month to maintain their verified status. Some users have celebrated the end of legacy verification, while others have mocked Twitter Blue. It is unclear if there will be exceptions to the rule. Elon Musk tweeted that any individual person's Twitter account affiliated with a verified organization is automatically verified, but Twitter has not clarified this.
- Our Swan Song Has Come — Twitter Has Set A Date To End Legacy Verification BuzzFeed News
- Pay $84 a year for Twitter Blue or lose your checkmark beginning April 1, Twitter says KSL.com
- Musk says Twitter will get rid of blue check marks unless users pay up The Washington Post
- Twitter is removing blue ticks – so who are the real ‘lords and peasants’ now? The Independent
- Elon's Plan for Twitter Blue Checks Is Mad Suspicious Gizmodo
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