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Twitter verification is ending for people awarded blue checks under an old system, the company says, the latest shift under CEO Elon Musk.
Twitter is officially ending its old verification process on April 1. To get a blue check mark, you'll have to pay.
After removing thousands of legacy verification checkmarks on April 20, Twitter is restoring the Blue tick marks for large accounts — even if they didn’t pay for subscriptions. Over the ...
Twitter’s verification system was initially rolled out to help prevent impersonation on the platform. It was debuted in 2009, inspired by someone posing as Shaquille O’Neal.
Twitter’s head of Safety and Integrity Yoel Roth admitted in a Twitter thread that the company may have to further invest in “identity verification” that goes beyond the paid verification ...
Twitter wants to charge users to get verified and display the signature blue check mark next to their account name. It's something Twitter has offered to some accounts for free in the past, with ...
Calling the current system “bullshit,” he said that his plan is to add verification as a perk to Twitter Blue, which will increase in price from $5 a month to $8 a month.
Twitter is advertising a new paid feature: receiving a blue check mark noting account verification. The company is delaying launch until after midterm elections over misinformation fears.
Elon Musk has vowed to do away with Twitter's verification process. What does life on the app look like without it?
Elon Musk wants to charge Twitter users for verification. Here's what that means for people who have the blue check mark, and those who want it.
As Elon Musk promised, Twitter‘s previous blue check-mark verification regime will soon be history. The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion ...
Twitter verification has a chequered history. It was first introduced back in 2009, when it was mostly an invitation-only process. Twitter would proactively reach out to accounts held by public ...