{"id":11036,"date":"2022-11-06T13:57:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T13:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee"},"modified":"2022-11-06T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T15:05:59","slug":"elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month.<\/p>\n

The fee he promised to implement was launched so users can verify accounts with the coveted blue checkmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet Twitter Blue for $7.99\/month if you sign up now,\u201d Twitter announced in an update on Apple iOS devices. \u201cBlue checkmark: Power to the people. Your account will get a blue checkmark, just like the celebrities, companies and politicians you already follow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move comes days before the US midterm elections on Nov. 8 and the blue checkmark is raising concerns about who can get a verified account because anyone able to get it could lead to confusion and the spread of disinformation ahead of voting. Impostors could pay for the subscription and use the names of politicians and elected officials.<\/p>\n

Twitter\u2019s verification system had been in existence for 13 years since the platform launched it in 2009 to prevent impersonations of high-profile accounts such as celebrities and politicians.<\/p>\n

The company had about 423,000 verified accounts before the new changes. That verification was supposed to be used to help the site\u2019s 238 million daily users determine if the accounts they were getting information from were authentic.<\/p>\n

The new fee is luring those who want to be verified with the promise of extra perks.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing soon… Half the ads & much better ones,\u201d the Twitter statement added. \u201cSince you\u2019re supporting Twitter in the battle against the bots, we\u2019re going to reward you with half the ads and make them twice as relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twitter Blue is also promising users the ability to “post longer videos” and receive “priority ranking for quality content.”<\/p>\n

“Your content will get priority ranking in replies, mentions and search,” said the announcement. “This helps lower visibility of scams, spam, and bots.”<\/p>\n

Twitter Blue is available on iOS in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eritrea<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eritrea. Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month. The fee he promised to implement was launched so users can verify accounts with the coveted blue checkmark. \u201cGet Twitter Blue for $7.99\/month if you sign up now,\u201d Twitter announced in an update […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":11035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[242,243,233],"class_list":["post-11036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eritrea","tag-eritrea"],"yoast_head":"\nElon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month. The fee he ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month. The fee he ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eritrea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-06T13:57:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-06T15:05:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-06T13:57:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-06T15:05:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee\"},\"wordCount\":333,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eritrea\",\"Eritrea\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee\",\"name\":\"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee - Eritrea\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-06T13:57:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-06T15:05:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month. The fee he ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg\",\"width\":864,\"height\":486,\"caption\":\"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\",\"name\":\"Eritrea\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee - Eritrea","description":"Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month. The fee he ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee","og_description":"Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month. The fee he ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee","og_site_name":"Eritrea","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-11-06T13:57:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-06T15:05:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":864,"height":486,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee","datePublished":"2022-11-06T13:57:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-06T15:05:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee"},"wordCount":333,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eritrea","Eritrea"],"articleSection":["all news","miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee","name":"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee - Eritrea","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-06T13:57:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-06T15:05:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month. The fee he ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_7-6367cd4180328.jpg","width":864,"height":486,"caption":"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/elon-musk-launches-7-99-twitter-blue-subscription-fee#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Elon Musk launches $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription fee"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/","name":"Eritrea","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}