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Musk proposes charging $8 for verified Twitter account despite user backlash

Musk proposes charging $8 for verified Twitter account despite user backlash


Musk proposes charging $8 for verified Twitter account despite user backlash
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Elon Musk has indicated that a verified account on Twitter in the future could cost $8 a month, despite facing a user backlash over proposals to charge for the feature.

The blue tick verification process was brought in by Twitter in 2009 in response to celebrity concerns about impersonation. The programme ran into trouble when Twitter withdrew the verification status from controversial users such as the rightwing personality Milo Yiannopoulos and it was paused for a number of years before resuming it in 2021.

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