The social media platform "Twitter"The verification mark of celebrity accounts and other accounts whose owners pay a subscription for their verification, so that a message appears "This account is verified because it is subscribed to a feature "Twitter Blue" (Twitter Blue) or is an old verified account" When I click on the blue authentication mark.
According to the new rules, according to Al Jazeera Net, it will be impossible to quickly determine the difference between the old verified accounts belonging to public figures such as former US President Barack Obama, and other accounts who pay a monthly subscription in exchange for obtaining the blue mark and reducing the ads that appear on their pages.
Billionaire Elon Musk was the owner of a company "Twitter" It was previously announced that starting April 1, 2023, the verification tag will be removed from the pages of Twitter users who do not pay a monthly subscription.
On the other hand, many famous personalities, including American basketball star LeBron James, announced that they would not pay a subscription in exchange for converting the bird sign on their page from white to blue.
A large number of American media organizations were like a newspaper "The New York Times" (The New York Times) also announced its refusal to pay a subscription to keep the blue verification mark on its Facebook accounts "Twitter"although the blue mark has already been removed from some pages, as of last Monday, in implementation of the new Mask rules.
Musk acquired Twitter last October for about $44 billion. Since that time, the company has lost about half of its market value due to the drop in its stock price.
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