Key Points
The organisations will have to shell out $1,000 a month to keep the verification badge...
Social media platform Twitter ended legacy verified blue ticks on its accounts from April 1..
The social media giant is giving free ticks to 500 advertisers who spend most on its platforms..
But the paid subscription means that the new companies will find it tough to build an audience on Twitter as they have to compete with brands which are verified or shell out $1,000 a month to get the verified...
The company has said that accounts changing profile picture, display name or @handle will temporarily lose the checkmark until the platform reviews your profile again...
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13, Jun, 23There has been a significant surge in legal demands being made by India — from various courts and the government — to remove content from Twitter between 2014 and 2020, an analysis of Twitter’s global transparency reports by The Indian Express had earlier shown.
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