Elon Musk prepares drastic changes for Twitter after taking control of the company. According to US media, the new owner of the social network wants to get started charge for account verificationfunction until now free but reserved for public figures.
As reported by the specialized media TheVergethe plan is to include verification (the blue check mark next to username) in the package Twitter Bluea subscription that currently offers benefits such as seeing fewer ads and customizing the platform layout.
The rumors also launch the possible price of the function: $ 20 a month. What will happen to users who are already verified? TheVerge points out that the company’s study plan foresees that it will develop a Deadline 90 days to sign up or lose your verification mark.
“The whole verification process has been renewed at this time”Musk responded to a user asking about delays in his request to get the precious blue tick in his account, which gave free rein to speculation.
Time is running out for employees too: Project engineers apparently have a week, until next Monday 7to start the function or they will be fired.
Musk’s intention is for Twitter Blue’s revenue to grow until the company is less dependent on advertising, which is the main source of funding.
The changes that Elon Musk prepares for Twitter
The tycoon announced days ago, as the first measure at the head of the platform, that he will create a “tips for content moderation” which will include “widely differing points of view”.
Musk noted that “until the board meets, there will be no further content decisions or account resets.”
With that last sentence, Musk seems to be referring to everyone who has seen hers accounts blocked in recent years for violating the network’s content policies, mainly by posting hate messages or writing insults on their accounts.
The most important account of those who were blocked was that of the former president of the United States Donald Trumpblocked on Twitter and other social networks like Facebook after the assault on the Capitol in January 2021, considering that he had instigated his followers from his account to star in those violent acts.
Elon Musk’s early hours at the helm of Twitter
“The bird is free,” Musk tweeted Thursday night in a nod to the iconic Twitter logo, as he concluded his purchase of the company by 44 billion dollars after months of uncertainty and speculation.
Musk, who presented himself as a champion of free speech, said Thursday that it is “important for the future of civilization to have an online public square where a wide variety of views you can discuss in a healthy way, without resorting to violence ”.
But he warned that Twitter cannot become a “hellish” platform where everyone can say anything without consequences.
One of Musk’s first moves in office on Thursday was there firing of Twitter CEO Parag Agrawaland other senior executives.
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Source: Clarin
