Elon Musk says Twitter will revise the way it verifies customers

Twitter will revise its consumer verification course of, Elon Musk mentioned in a tweet on Sunday, simply days after he took over one of many world’s most influential social media platforms.

“Entire verification course of is being revamped proper now”, Musk mentioned in his tweet with out giving extra particulars on what might change.

Twitter is contemplating charging for the coveted blue verify mark verifying the id of its account holder, know-how publication Platformer reported on Sunday, citing two folks conversant in the matter.

Customers must subscribe to Twitter Blue at $4.99 a month or lose their “verified” badges if the mission strikes ahead, in accordance with the report.

The CEO of Tesla Inc has not made a ultimate determination and the mission may nonetheless be scrapped however in accordance with Platformer it’s possible that verification will turn into part of Twitter Blue.

Twitter Blue was launched in June final yr because the platform’s first subscription service which provides “unique entry to premium options” on month-to-month subscription foundation together with a function to edit tweets.

The function to edit tweets was additionally made out there earlier this month after Musk’s insistence utilizing a Twitter ballot in April asking his hundreds of thousands of followers whether or not they needed an edit button. Over 70% had mentioned sure. 

The billionaire has additionally requested that logged out customers visiting Twitter’s web site be redirected to Discover web page which reveals trending tweets, The Verge reported on Sunday citing staff who have been conversant in the matter.