New Delhi [India]April 21 (ANI): Micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday removed legacy verified blue ticks from all accounts.
The only individual Twitter users who have verified blue checkmarks are those paying for Twitter Blue, which costs USD 8/month via web and USD 11/month via in-app payment on iOS and Android.
Due to the recent development, several B-town celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt and politicians like CM Yogi Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have lost their verified blue ticks. Twitter accounts.
Earlier it was announced that the microblogging site would remove the verified check-mark status of accounts that before Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter had been verified as notable, unless they chose Twitter Blue or business-focused Twitter Verified Organizations has not subscribed to the scheme, Variety reported.
Initially, the Blue Tick served as a way to protect celebrities from impersonation and combat misinformation.
Earlier in March, Twitter posted from its official handle, “On April 1st, we will begin shutting down our Legacy Verified program and removing the Legacy Verified checkmark. To keep their blue checkmark on Twitter, people can sign up for Twitter Blue.
Twitter first introduced the blue check mark system in 2009 to help users identify whether celebrities, politicians, companies and brands, news organizations and other accounts “of public interest” were genuine and impostor or parody accounts. were not The company did not charge for verification earlier.
Musk launched Twitter Blue with the check-mark badge as one of the premium perks within two weeks of acquiring the company last year. (ANI)
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