Elon Musk speaks at TED2017 – The Future You, April 24-28, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Marla Aufmuth / TED
American Multibillionaire Businessman and new Owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, has on Friday, announced the launch of 3 coloured verified checks for different categories of subscribers, Page 36 learnt.
The Twitter boss tweeted exactly: “Sorry for the delay, we are tentatively launching Verified on Friday, next week.
“Gold check for companies, grey check for governments, blue for individuals (celebrity or not), and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates.”
In another tweet, Musk said that all Verified individual accounts would have the same blue check, but some would eventually be able to display a “secondary tiny logo showing they belong to an org(anisation), if verified as such by that org(anisation)”.
Recall, that Musk had proposed a subscription fee of $8 a month, to allow users to obtain the Verified check which was previously free, but reserved for organisations and public figures, in an attempt to avoid impersonation and misinformation.
The first rollout of Musk’s subscription plan in early November, quickly went south, with many accounts paying for the blue check and then impersonating World Leaders, Celebrities and Companies.
Responding to the backlash, Musk initially postponed the launch date to November 29, before delaying it once more. It now appears the feature will launch on December 2, 2022.
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