Elon Musk carried out his threat to remove the authentication mark from the accounts of the most famous stars and media professionals for not subscribing for a fee to the “Twitter Blue” service. Twitter Blue”, and the subscription fee is paid, starting from April 1, 2023.
Since the end of last year 2022, Elon Musk has been working to remove blue authentication marks from old accounts on Twitter, which were verified under the previous rules of the platform – as he says – because he believes that these marks were obtained by their owners in illogical ways.
However, the situation in which the service began caused many to become apprehensive and hesitant, with the flow of hundreds of thousands of pseudonymous accounts with documented marks, and the ease of impersonation under the cover of the blue mark.
They believe that Twitter has become purely material, and that they reject the principle of buying their right to expression through the platform, which has grown and grown with the interaction of followers and their tweets.
The wave of changes did not only include the blue tick, but went much further. Bloomberg news agency said that Twitter is no longer an independent company, after merging with a new company called X Corp, which raised speculation about Elon Musk's future plans.
"Twitter no longer exists after its merger with X Corp, according to an April 4 document filed with a California court," the source said.
It is not yet clear what this change means for Twitter, which has seen a host of changes since it was bought by US billionaire Musk for $44 billion last year.
The second richest man in the world had previously announced his desire to make "X" similar to the Chinese "WeChat" application, a popular application owned by "Tencent Holdings".
Okaz (Jeddah)