SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Twitter’s new
owner
Elon Musk defended on Sunday his much-criticized launch of a paid
subscription service to verify user accounts.
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“Widespread verification will democratize journalism
& empower the voice of the people,” he tweeted, responding to concerns from
associations, advertisers, and even the United Nations, who fear a surge of
hate speech and misinformation on the network.
Under the new plan, users paying $8 per month for
the platform’s subscription service,
Twitter Blue, would receive the network’s
famous blue checkmark that signals a verified account.
That feature is currently offered only to eligible
accounts, such as public figures, an approach Musk described as a “lords &
peasants system”.
On iPhones, the social network’s app already
mentions the new service, but its launch has been postponed to Wednesday, the
day after the US midterm elections, according to the New York Times.
“Blue checkmark: Power to the people. Your account
will get a blue checkmark, just like the celebrities, companies, and
politicians you already follow,” Twitter detailed in the app update’s
description.
“Twitter needs to become by far the most accurate
source of information about the world. That’s our mission,” Musk tweeted on
Sunday.
But many observers fear the eruption of fake
accounts.
Platform user Kyle Grantham said Musk’s new policy
would “let anyone (who) gives me money appear to be a legitimate source of
news, rather than just ensuring all legitimate sources of news are confirmed to
be who they say they are.”
However, Musk has targeted those impersonating
others on the platform, as several users who changed their username to
variations of “Elon Musk” appeared to have their accounts suspended.
“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in
impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently
suspended,” Musk tweeted, adding that pseudonyms were allowed as long as users
do not “engage in malicious deception”.
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