Twitter’s new CEO Elon Musk had earlier said that from April 1, the company will start removing ‘legacy’ verified checkmarks from accounts that do not subscribe to Twitter Blue, the platform’s subscription service.
The New York Times has become the first major news publisher to lose its verification checkmark on Twitter, after the outlet said it will not pay the microblogging site a monthly fee to retain its badge. A number of other news publishers have also said they will not pay for verification, however, their checkmarks remain intact as of now.
Twitter’s new CEO Elon Musk had earlier said that from April 1, the company will start removing ‘legacy’ verified checkmarks from accounts that do not subscribe to Twitter Blue, the platform’s subscription service introduced last year that essentially allows users to buy a verification mark.
Individual users must buy a subscription to Twitter’s Blue service, which costs $8 a month, to obtain the badge. Businesses that are currently unverified will have to pay $1,000 a month if they want a gold check mark verifying their account. It was announced in March this year that users in India will have to pay Rs 900 per month for a monthly subscription, which would give them the Blue verified badge.
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