Musk Reportedly Demands $20 Monthly Fee for Twitter Verified Status

Elon Musk instructs Twitter staff to charge verified users $19.99 per month to keep their blue check marks. Employees face a November 7 deadline to implement this change or risk losing their jobs.

15 Jun 2022 • 1 min read

Elon Musk moves quickly to generate revenue from his new $44 billion Twitter acquisition by targeting the platform's verification system. He instructs Twitter employees to raise the Twitter Blue subscription price from $4.99 to $19.99 per month, making this paid plan the only way for users to keep their blue check marks.

Currently verified users receive their iconic badges for free, but they now face a strict 90-day deadline to subscribe to the expensive new tier. If these individuals refuse to pay the monthly fee, Twitter revokes their verified status completely under the newly proposed policy.

Musk gives the Twitter engineering team until November 7 to code and launch this major change. The new owner makes the stakes incredibly clear, warning that any employees who fail to meet this rapid turnaround timeline face immediate termination.

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