Twitter has begun rolling out a grey tick verification symbol for government-related accounts and a golden tick mark for businesses, while the remaining of the verified accounts will receive a blue tick mark.
With the deployment, Twitter has replaced the blue tick mark of the Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a grey tick. The prime minister’s Twitter handle currently has 85.1 million followers.
The company on December 12 said that it will be “changing the “official” label with a gold checkmark on some business accounts on Twitter. It had stated that a grey checkmark would be added for government and multilateral accounts.
Twitter has begun charging $8 (about Rs. 600) per month on the Web and $11 (approximately Rs. 1,000) per month for people who sign up for Twitter Blue on iOS, which it hopes to progressively roll out around the world.
“Existing Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to upgrade, cancel, or auto-renew their subscription at the new price. Prices may vary by region. We plan to offer subscriptions on Android soon,” the company had said.
Twitter Blue is available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
Musk said on Wednesday that he would retire as CEO of the social media firm as soon as he found “someone foolish enough to do the job,” two days after people voted for him to go in an online poll he sponsored.
The 51-year-old billionaire had committed to follow the results of a Twitter poll in which 57.5 percent of users voted “yes” to him stepping down.