Twitter relaunches blue tick service with higher price for iPhone users

Twitter is relaunching its subscription service on Monday, offering users verified status for $8 (£6.50) a month or $11 a month on their iPhone.

Subscribers who attempt to change their handle, display name or photo will temporarily lose their tick until the account is reviewed again, Twitter said.

The company also confirmed that it would introduce a colour-coded verification scheme, with businesses receiving a gold tick or checkmark and government accounts receiving a grey symbol.

Twitter did not explain why Apple users were being charged more than others on the web but Musk has been openly critical of the fees charged in its app store, which takes a cut of up to 30% on sales. In a series of tweets last month, he accused Apple of threatening to block Twitter from its app store for unspecified reasons and also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on the social media platform.