Image source, Reuters By Peter Hoskins & Noor Nanji Business pressreporters, BBC News New Twitter owner Elon Musk has stated the procedure of getting a distinguished “blue tick” will be modified, amidst reports the company might begin charging $20 (£17) per month to be confirmed. Mr Musk tweeted the confirmation procedure was being revamped, days after taking over the social media giant. A blue tick is presently complimentary and a method of signalling an account is genuine. Mr Musk finished his $44bn (£37.9bn) takeover on Friday, and hasactually relabelled himself as Chief Twit on Twitter. During months of legal wrangling leading up to the acquisition, the billionaire consistently revealed issues about the confirmation procedure, and the number of spam and bot accounts he thinks litter the website. Mr Musk’s tweet, on Sunday, did not offer any more information about what precisely may alter. But according to tech site The Verge, which pointedout internal correspondence, Twitter now desires to charge individuals $19.99 per month to keep their blue tick confirmation status. It states the strategy includes quadrupling the rate for Twitter Blue – the business’s membership service – and making confirmation one of its functions. Verified users would be provided 90 days to subscribe or face losing their blue tick, it reports. Employees were informed of the task on Sunday and haveactually been informed they requirement to launch the plan by 7 November or danger losing their tasks, it included. Twitter Blue was laun
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