Elon Musk plans to roll out 'Blue Tick Subscription' in India within the month

This comes soon after Elon Musk paid $44 billion to acquire control of the microblogging site. He has also already fired nearly half the staff and claims to start charging its users more money. ​According to a Twitter update, countries including t...

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FILE - The Twitter page of Elon Musk is seen on the screen of a computer in Sausalito, Calif., on Monday, April 25, 2022. Elon Musk wants to change how Twitter doles out its checkmark badges for verified accounts. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Elon Musk confirmed on 6th November that Twitter Blue is scheduled to launch in India within the month.

When a user by the name of Prabhu tagged Musk and asked when Twitter Blue would launch in India, Musk responded, "Hopefully, less than a month.

"In Elon Musk's first significant update to the social media site, Twitter updated its app in the Apple App Store and has started charging $8 for the coveted blue check verification marks.


This comes soon after Elon Musk paid $44 billion to acquire control of the microblogging site. He has also already fired nearly half the staff and claims to start charging its users more money.

According to a Twitter update, countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom would be allowed to use the new service with verification.

Musk said in a tweet on Saturday that the service would be made available worldwide "as soon as we confirm it's working well in the initial set of countries and we have the translation work done."
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The conversations between Musk and Twitter have been back and forth. But the buyout agreement was finalised, on October 28. Elon Musk and Twitter have been at odds for a while.

However, it all began in March of this year when Musk questioned Twitter's stance on free speech and the dissemination of propaganda. He also implied that serious consideration would be given to developing a new social media platform.
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