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Twitter blue verified set to launch on Apple’s iOS app – Information

30Nov

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Twitter blue verified set to launch on Apple’s iOS app – Information

[ad_1] Twitter Inc's Blue verified service is scheduled to roll out on Friday, but only on Apple's iOS mobile software, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person briefed on the plans. Twitter Inc's Blue verified service is scheduled to roll out on Friday, but only on Apple's iOS mobile software, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person briefed on the plans. As Twitter plans to launch the subscription offering via an update to Twitter's iOS app, it needs Apple's approval as part of the standard app review process, the report said, adding that the company would update its Android app later. Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. This comes a day after new owner Elon Musk accused Apple of threatening to block the Twitter from i...

Elon Musk announces ‘holding off’ relaunch Of Twitter’s Blue verified

22Nov

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Elon Musk announces ‘holding off’ relaunch Of Twitter’s Blue verified

[ad_1] Elon Musk stated that Twitter might use different colour checks for organizations and individuals. Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that he is putting on hold the relaunch of Blue verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. He made the announcement through a tweet.Elon Musk stated that Twitter might use different colour checks for organizations and individuals. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Musk said, "Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. Will probably use different color check for organizations than individuals." After taking over the microblogging site, Musk had announced the ability for users to purchase a blue tick verified through Twitter Blue. Despite getting internal warn...

Civil Rights Groups Urge Twitter Ad Boycott Over Donald Trump Return

22Nov

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Civil Rights Groups Urge Twitter Ad Boycott Over Donald Trump Return

[ad_1] Civil rights leaders are urging major advertisers to stay away from Twitter after Elon Musk, the company’s new billionaire owner, reinstated Donald Trump. Civil rights leaders are urging major advertisers to stay away from Twitter after Elon Musk, the company's new billionaire owner, reinstated former President Donald Trump over the weekend. The activists say Musk broke promises he made to them in a closed-door meeting about hate speech and misinformation earlier this month. During the meeting, which included the heads of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and digital racial justice group Color of Change, Musk said he would create a “content moderation council” before he made any decisions to reinstate controversial accounts. He invited all of the ci...

12Nov

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Twitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts

[ad_1] Twitter's relaunched premium service was unavailable Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts it itself had approved. Twitter's relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification” labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month — was unavailable Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts it itself had approved.It's the latest whiplash-inducing change to the service where uncertainty has become the norm since billionaire Elon Musk took control two weeks ago. Prior to that, the blue check was granted to government entities, corporations, celebrities and journalists verified by the platform — precisely to prevent impersonation. Now, anyone can get one as long as they have a phone, a credit c...

Elon Musk gets Twitter’s blue tick verification shock, beats retreat

12Nov

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Elon Musk gets Twitter’s blue tick verification shock, beats retreat

[ad_1] In yet another shock move, Elon Musk has paused the recently announced $8 Twitter Blue tick subscription. Twitter Inc's new CEO Elon Musk has suspended the recently announced $8 blue check subscription service due to the shocking recent increase in the number of fake accounts on the social networking platform. Musk has also brought back the 'official' badge to some Twitter users. It can be known that Twitter's blue check mark was used to denote a verified account and was previously mostly reserved for famous personalities like accounts of politicians, journalists, and other public figures.However, with the announcement of the $8 subscription option, it became easier for any Twitter user to get a verified blue tick mark added to their account. Musk had rolled out the subscriptio...

Elon Musk’s Pay-to-Play Strategy Will Make Twitter Clubby- Have Nots Will Suffer

3Nov

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Elon Musk’s Pay-to-Play Strategy Will Make Twitter Clubby- Have Nots Will Suffer

[ad_1] Elon Musk plan to distinguish users along financial lines will weaken Twitter and increase the divide between between the haves and the have nots. Twitter Inc. is set to charge users $8 per month for the privilege of having the blue-tick honorific put on their account. We know this because Elon Musk said so, one of of many proposals the world's richest man has put forth over the past year aimed at improving the social media platform and its profitability.The key difference is that Musk is now the owner, chairman, and chief executive officer. What he says, goes. Unless he changes his mind, which he's wont to do. Or he's simply joking, which also happens. This feels pretty real, though, given that he's talked about it quite regularly in the past. The point of the blue tick is to ...