What Elon Musk is doing now that he owns Twitter

The Twitter checkmarks cometh.

Twitter is gearing as much as relaunch its verification program as quickly as tomorrow, although the discharge may very well be pushed to early subsequent week, I’m informed. The plan is for a complete of three checkmarks: the paid Twitter Blue subscription for a blue verify (present, non-paid blue checks will lose them 90 days post-launch in the event that they don’t pay), a gray verify designated for presidency accounts and managed by Twitter, and a gold verify for advertisers.

Based mostly on what I’m listening to, Twitter is doing its finest to keep away from the impersonation fiasco that occurred after the transient rollout of paid verification earlier than. This time, the plan is to quickly take away an account’s blue verify for seven days if the show identify is modified. You’re welcome, Mario.