Twitter could charge $20 a month to verify accounts

That means that the Twitter Blue subscription should be available worldwide to enforce the rule, since verified users are located in all the countries where the social network operates.

The main objective of having verified profiles was to identify genuine users among political leaders, celebrities, researchers and journalists, with the aim of preventing the impersonation of these identities, as well as the publication of erroneous information by false accounts.

However, the plan has already generated controversy within Twitter. New York Times tech journalist Kara Swisher criticized the plan, saying she already pays enough money on other tech services that she does value.

“I wouldn’t pay a dime for verification. In fact, social networks should pay their creators and treat them with respect, instead of unleashing airheads on them. Like I said, to hell with that,” Swisher said.

On the other hand, the investor Jason Calacanis published a survey asking how much he would pay to obtain the blue check mark and the most voted option (80.7%) is “would not pay”. “Interesting,” was Musk’s response to the question, so plans could change until November 7.

It is worth mentioning that this is not the only change that Musk plans for the platform. For example, someone who doesn’t have an account, but visits the platform, should see the Explore page showing popular tweets and news instead of seeing a registration form.

Also, on Friday of last week Musk tweeted about his plan to create a “content moderation council”, which will be in charge of making important decisions about what can be published on the platform, as well as having influence over the reset of accounts that have been banned.