Elon Musk Delays $7.99 Twitter Verification Fee Due To Midterm Elections

Elon Musk is suspending his plan to cost Twitter customers a $7.99 month-to-month subscription charge — simply in the future after asserting the transfer … and it is all due to the midterms.

Citing an inside Twitter memo, the New York Times reported Musk was placing his coverage on maintain — for now — over issues his verification service would trigger the unfold of pretend information throughout his social media platform, doubtlessly influencing voters throughout the midterms.

Twitter staff had made a stink about it, insisting anybody may pay for the blue verify subscription charge and create accounts posing as President Biden, members of Congress or information organizations. Scammers may then unleash false details about voting outcomes on the verified accounts, inflicting mistrust amongst residents forward of Tuesday’s election.

Over the weekend, Musk launched his “Twitter Blue” subscription charge to verified customers and tried to attraction to different folks utilizing a star gross sales pitch. He promised all subscribers would get a blue checkmark “just like the celebrities.” He additionally talked about concepts to chop advertisements and permit for prolonged movies to be posted on the social media community.

One Twitter employee — utilizing the inner Slack channel to speak with fellow staff — questioned why the corporate was “making such a risky change before elections, which has the potential of causing election interference.”

Twitter administration buckled beneath strain and determined to kick the subscription charge launch date to November 9, in the future after the election.