Musk Demands Twitter Verified Users Pay $20 Monthly or Lose Check Marks
Elon Musk instructs Twitter staff to raise the Blue subscription price to $19.99 per month, making it mandatory for users to keep their verified status. Employees face a November 7 deadline to implement this change or risk losing their jobs.
Elon Musk moves quickly to change Twitter's verification system by instructing employees to quadruple the price of the Twitter Blue subscription plan from $4.99 to $19.99 per month. Under this new plan, paying the monthly fee becomes the only way for users to retain their blue check-mark badges.
Currently verified users have exactly 90 days to subscribe to the expensive new tier or face the immediate revocation of their verified status. Musk closes his massive $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform on October 27 and wastes no time in looking for new revenue streams.
The new "Chief Twit" gives Twitter employees a strict deadline of November 7 to successfully implement this major pricing and policy shift. According to internal correspondence, any staff members who fail to meet this rapid turnaround time face termination from the company.