As part of the platform’s overhaul of the verification system under the direction of its new owner, Elon Musk, Twitter introduced a membership service on Saturday for $8 per month to earn the blue mark of the verified accounts.
In an update of the iOS system on Apple devices, Twitter announced that the users who “share now” can get a blue verification mark next to their names, “just like celebrities, companies and politicians.
This change marks the end of the traditional Twitter verification mechanism, which was introduced in 2009 to stop the names of celebrities and politicians from being leaked.
Before this development, Twitter had about 423,000 accounts verified, many of which were for journalists from all over the world, the company was achieved regardless of the number of their followers.
Concerns have been expressed by experts on modifying the application verification mechanism, which, while not perfect, has allowed Twitter’s 238 million daily users to determine whether or not they actually obtained the accounts.
This occurs a day after the corporation started cutting costs through layoffs. Half of the 7500 employees of the company have already been demobilized, according to Joel Roth, head of the company’s safety and integrity department, through the application..
Twitter’s blue verification mark costs $8 a month.
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