Elon Musk says Twitter to launch ‘Verified’ service subsequent week

Elon Musk stated in a tweet Friday that Twitter would launch its delayed “Verified” service subsequent week with completely different coloured checks relying on the kind of account.

The Twitter CEO stated there can be a “gold test” for firms, a gray coloured one for presidency accounts and the prevailing blue one for people, whether or not they’re celebrities or not.

All verified accounts might be “manually authenticated” earlier than the test is activated, Musk stated.

The billionaire referred to as the transfer “Painful, however needed”

Musk’s feedback come after he was pressured to pause the $8 per thirty days Twitter Blue service, which allowed anybody to pay the subscription for the blue verification tick, after customers abused the system by impersonating manufacturers and well-known folks.

The CEO stated Monday that Twitter would delay the relaunch of its $8 per thirty days Blue Verified service. On the time, Musk stated Twitter will “most likely use [a] completely different colour test for organizations than people.”

Now he has given particulars on what that might seem like.

Musk had earlier stated he deliberate to relaunch Twitter Blue on Nov. 29. Musk’s newest timeline places the relaunch on Dec. 2.

The subscription service is Musk’s try and discover a new income stream at Twitter as a part of the billionaire’s controversial shakeup on the social media agency.

Musk has fired hundreds of workers at Twitter and requested the remaining staff to decide to working “lengthy hours at excessive depth” or go away.