Twitter is getting rid of the old blue check marks. The owner of the social network, Elon Musk, explained this step by the corruption of the method of obtaining them. April 20 was the last day to pay for a Twitter Blue subscription and keep the confirmation badge.
The company pointed out a violation of Twitter’s values by some verified accounts. Many verified accounts were not compliant with the platform’s standards, Twitter explains.
To date, some institutions, media and popular representatives of the film and entertainment industry have lost their verification marks. Thus, at the beginning of the month, the social network “took” the verification badge from the American newspaper The New York Times for refusing to pay for a subscription (before Musk bought Twitter, the verification mark was free).
Additionally, accounts for Bill Gates, Robert Downey Jr., Leonardo DiCaprio, Beyoncé, Tom Cruise, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, and others have lost the badge.
After taking over Twitter at the end of October last year, Musk decided to start selling blue verification badges that confirm an account’s authenticity. The entrepreneur charged $8 a month or $84 a year for ticks as part of a Twitter Blue subscription.
This month, the social network returned access to the accounts of Russian government departments, which were blocked due to the entry of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine. The restriction was set before Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. In this regard, the State Duma proposed to think about removing the blocking of the social network in the Russian Federation.
Author:
Natalia Gormaleva
Source: RB
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