We all know how active Elon Musk is on Twitter, let us tell you that after criticizing the New York Times, Musk has removed the gold marker from the New York Times' Twitter account. What is the reason behind this, let us tell you.
Ever since Elon Musk, the new owner of the microblogging platform Twitter, took charge of Twitter, Musk has taken many big decisions and now Elon Musk has taken the big step of removing the verified marker from the verified (gold) account of the New York Times.
Have you lost your Gold Tick for not paying?
The New York Times refused to pay the Blue Tick fee to keep the badge, after which the gold badge has been removed from the New York Times Twitter account. Let us tell you that you must be feeling that after all this whole matter is about not being able to pay the money, but the thing to note here is that it is not so, rather the matter is something else.
For the information of the people, let us tell you that Elon Musk had recently criticized the New York Times by tweeting from his official Twitter account and termed their reporting as propaganda. Not only this, Musk even said that the New York Times propaganda is not interesting at all.
Not only this, Musk went to the extent of tweeting that the New York Times feed is like diarrhea and is not worth reading at all.
Verified badges to be removed from April 1, 2023
The reason behind the removal of blue or gold ticks was also believed to be that a few days ago, Twitter has made it clear that from April 1, 2023, only users who pay for blue ticks will have a verified badge.
According to information received from media reports, not only New York Times but also Washington Post has announced that the company will not make any payment for Blue Tick.
How much money has to be paid for Blue Tick?
After the rollout of the subscription service for Twitter Blue, these companies have to pay $1000 (roughly Rs. 82,380) and $50 (roughly Rs. 4119) for each affiliated account to keep the gold tick.
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