Elon Musk lays out his concepts for Twitter’s new verification system

Elon Musk laid out a sequence of concepts Tuesday for a brand new consumer verification course of for Twitter, which he lately acquired for $44 billion.

In a thread of tweets, Musk criticized the present system, which gives a blue check mark, or verification, to notable users like politicians, members of the press, executives and different folks and organizations. It has been used as a method for customers to know that the verify mark means the account is respectable. Different social networks, like Meta‘s Fb and Instagram, have related verification methods.

Musk stated he’ll give “energy to the folks” by providing verification via Twitter Blue for $8 a month. He stated members will get precedence in mentions, replies and search, obtain half as many advertisements and can be capable of tweet lengthy movies and audio.

He added {that a} secondary tag will seem under the names of customers who’re public figures, which, as Musk identified, already exists for politicians.

The Tesla CEO additionally stated Twitter Blue subscribers might be given a “paywall bypass” for publishers which might be prepared to work with the social media platform. He claimed this technique will “destroy the bots” by rising the “value of crime on Twitter by a number of orders of magnitude,” including that any Blue account that engages with spam might be suspended.

It’s unclear if these adjustments will truly be carried out.

Musk’s thread follows an earlier report from The Verge Sunday that stated the tech billionaire was contemplating charging as a lot as $19.99 a month for the Twitter Blue subscription. The Twitter staff engaged on the undertaking had been reportedly instructed that they’ve till Nov. 7 to launch the characteristic, or they are going to be fired, based on the report.

The Tesla chief govt, who is also CEO of reusable rocket maker SpaceX, accomplished the acquisition of Twitter on Oct. 28 and made his mark there instantly. He fired the corporate’s CEO, chief monetary officer, coverage and authorized staff leaders instantly, and dissolved Twitter’s board of administrators.

— CNBC’s Lora Kolodny contributed to this report.