The gold checkmark on Twitter Verified account on Twitter is seen displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 14, 2023 (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
<p><a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/?s=twitter&;post_type%5B%5D=post&;post_type%5B%5D=list_posts&;_gl=1*1svvbhi*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjAwMjA2NjA4NS4xNjc5NjY5ODM4*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY3OTY3MjI2My4yLjEuMTY3OTY3MjMwMC4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Twitter</strong></a> has announced a plan to revoke legacy verification blue checkmark badges beginning next month, as promised by CEO <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/?s=elon+musk&;post_type%5B%5D=post&;post_type%5B%5D=list_posts&;_gl=1*1n3dp3t*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjAwMjA2NjA4NS4xNjc5NjY5ODM4*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY3OTY2OTgzNy4xLjAuMTY3OTY2OTgzNy4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Elon Musk</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The social media network &#8211; of which Musk purchased last year for $44 billion &#8211; revealed the news on Thursday that starting April 1, it will remove the verified check-mark status of accounts that Twitter had been verified as notable before Musk’s takeover.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Twitter Blue: Changes Coming To Verification Process In April</h3>
<p>That is, of course, unless they subscribe to Twitter Blue or the business-oriented Twitter Verified Organizations plan, both of which will soon become the only way to be verified on the platform.</p>
<p>In the U.S., Twitter Blue costs either $8 per month through the website or $11 per month via in-app payments on iOS and Android.</p>
<p>On Thursday, the company also announced that Twitter Blue was now available worldwide.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Twitter To Offer Gold Checkmarks For Brands And Companies, Grey Badges For Government Accounts</h3>
<p>Under the newly retooled verification policy, Twitter has recently implemented a gold checkmark for brand and business accounts, as well as a grey checkmark for official government accounts.</p>
<p>Gold or grey checkmark badges will cost $1,000 per month (plus tax) and $50 per month (plus tax) for any additional affiliated accounts, according to the platform.</p>
<p>The social media network first introduced verified accounts back in 2009 &#8211; at no charge at the time &#8211; in an effort to help users identify accounts for celebrities, companies, politicians and news outlets “of public interest” were in fact genuine and not parody or fake accounts.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Musk Called Previous Verification Process &#8220;Corrupt&#8221; Before Opening Up Badges For All Under Twitter Blue</h3>
<p><a href="https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/twitter-revokes-legacy-verification-blue-checkmarks-april-1235561515/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>Variety</strong></em></a> reports that upon his Twitter takeover in Oct. 2022, Musk stated that the platform&#8217;s previous system of verification was &#8220;corrupt&#8221; and went about making changes to it almost immediately after the buyout.</p>
<p>Musk opened up blue check-marks to any paying customer in a move to democratize the status symbol of being verified, but more importantly was a way for him to inject some much-needed cash into the debt-laden company.</p>
<p>In late Jan. 2022, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-makes-first-interest-payment-musk-buyout-debt-bloomberg-news-2023-01-30/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>Reuters</strong></em></a> reported that Twitter made its first interest payment under Elon Musk, using about $12.5 billion of debt.</p>
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<blockquote><p>“Far too many corrupt legacy Blue ‘verification’ checkmarks exist, so no choice but to remove legacy Blue in coming months,” Musk tweeted in November.</p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Imposter, Parody Accounts Made For Initial Roadblocks In Democratizing Verification Process</h3>
<p>Prior to Musk&#8217;s Twitter Blue policy, the social media network had over 420,000 verified accounts, according to Variety.</p>
<p>Musk claimed responsibility for changing the wording on the description of legacy verified accounts to say that they “may or may not be notable.”</p>
<p>Musk launched Twitter Blue just two weeks after purchasing the network in November 2022.</p>
<p>However, it suspended signups after just two days due to a deluge of users who set up fake and parody accounts that appeared to be “verified” with a blue checkmark.</p>
<p>The following month, Twitter eventually relaunched the service with new measures put in place in an effort to prevent imposter accounts.</p>
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