Elon Musk’s charges for Twitter blue tick

Verified users could be forced to pay in order to keep their blue checkmark

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Billionaire Elon Musk recently acquired social media site Twitter after months of legal wrangling
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Twitter’s new chief executive, Elon Musk, has revised his plans to charge verified users to keep their “blue tick” status, reducing the fee from $19.99 to $8 per month.

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