California: Billionaire Elon Musk has announced that the suspended Twitter blue tick subscription shall be relaunched on 29 November, a minor delay from its tentative timeline. In a Tweet, Musk said, “Punting relaunch of Blue Verified to November 29th to make sure that it is rock solid”.
Earlier on 11 November, Musk-led Twitter announced the subscription-based blue tick verification labels. The social media platform had decided to charge $8 to users who wanted that premium blue tick verification badge, but as the service was launched, many fake verified accounts popped. The trust and safety team at Twitter had pointed out scamming and impersonation.
It marks a chaotic three weeks for Musk ever since he clinched the USD 44 billion deal to acquire Twitter. Since his takeover, nearly half of the popular microblogging platform’s workforce, including CEO Parul Aggarwal have been fired. Concerns for the company to go bankrupt have also been raised.