The White House won’t pay for Twitter Blue to ensure that official government accounts retain the blue verified mark. In accordance with Axiosemployees received an email advising that the new subscription service of the social network will not be contracted. Those interested in keeping their verified profile will have to pay their money for it, since the Government will not reimburse the cost of the subscription.
Rob Flaherty, the White House director of digital strategy, told employees that under Twitter’s new policies, there is no guarantee that everyone will have a verified profile. The global launch of Twitter Blue brought with it a number of changes to the platform, highlighting the loss of the blue badge. Accounts with old verification (before the arrival of Elon Musk) they will run out of this badge as of April 1.
The question that perhaps everyone is asking is: Will Joe Biden keep verification on his profile? The short answer is yes, although not with the blue badge. In accordance with Twitter’s policiesgovernment accounts have a gray check mark.
The gray check mark indicates that an account represents a government/multilateral organization or a government/multilateral official.
Eligible government individuals may include: Heads of state (presidents, monarchs and prime ministers), deputy heads of state (vice presidents, deputy prime ministers), national level cabinet members or equivalent, the chief official spokesperson for the executive branch or equivalent , and individual members of all houses of congress, parliament or supranational or national equivalent.
Those government offices that do not meet the requirements can register as organizations, although they must pay $1,000 a month. The White House confirmed that he doesn’t care about the gold badge either.
Twitter Blue does not offer personal verification as a service
The main reason the White House won’t pay for Twitter Blue is because does not offer personal verification as a service. “A blue check mark now simply serves as a verification that the account is from a paying user,” Flaherty said. This change could open the door to a wave of impersonation of official accounts to deceive peopleso the manager alerted his staff.
the verification badge went from being a badge for notable people to becoming the object of ridicule. While there are worrisome cases — such as the appearance of fake accounts in the early days of the service — Twitter Blue members are constantly insulted because they paid to get verified. This could have inspired a new feature where you can hide.
With the global rollout of Twitter Blue, classic verification will come to an end from tomorrow.
Starting April 1, we’re ending our legacy verification program, and accounts that were verified based on the above criteria (active, notable, and authentic) will no longer retain a blue checkmark unless they’re subscribed to Twitter Blue.
Elon Musk advertisement Organization verification will also be available in all regions. Those companies or organizations that signed up for the program in advance have already received their gold badge. The tycoon will make an exception for 500 advertisers and the 10,000 organizations with the most followers, who will keep the brand without paying the monthly fee.
