Elon Musk is considering charging Twitter users $20 (£17.30, N16,000) a month or $240 a year for a blue tick on their account, as the world’s richest person prepares an overhaul of the social media platform.
Users verified by the platform – who carry a blue tick flagging them as a trustworthy source – would have 90 days to sign up to Blue or lose their check mark.
Musk did not comment directly on the story but tweeted to his more than 110 million followers on Sunday that “the whole verification process is being revamped right now.”
