Twitter on Saturday launched a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check now given only to verified accounts as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the platform's verification system just ahead of U.S. midterm elections.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter on Saturday launched a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check now given only to verified accounts as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the platform's verification system just ahead of U.S. midterm elections.
Experts have raised grave concerns about upending the platform's verification system that, while not perfect, has helped Twitter's 238 million daily users determine whether the accounts they were getting information from were authentic. Current verified accounts include celebrities, athletes, influencers and other high-profile public figures, along with government agencies and politicians worldwide, journalists and news outlets, activists and businesses and brands.
President Joe Biden's @POTUS account, for example, says in gray letters it belongs to an"United States government official." He said the company's front-line content moderation staff was the group the least affected by the job cuts and that"efforts on election integrity — including harmful misinformation that can suppress the vote and combatting state-backed information operations — remain a top priority."
Musk tweeted late Friday that there was no choice but to cut jobs"when the company is losing over $4M/day." He did not provide details on the daily losses at Twitter and said employees who lost their jobs were offered three months' pay as a severance.
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