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Twitter Revamps Verification System and Removes Government Labels · Elon Musk Podcast

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  to the Elon Musk podcast. I'm your host will Walden.
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  And on this episode, we're going to be talking about, Elon musk's
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  Twitter. I want to move that has sparked
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  debate in frustration. Twitter has removed labels
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  describing Global media organizations as government
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  funded or state-affiliated. This comes after Elon Musk.
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  Twitter's owner, started, stripping, blue verification.
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  Check marks from accounts, that don't pay a monthly fee.
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  Now NPR in the US was among the It's no longer labeled having it
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  announced. Last week is decision to stop
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  using Twitter. All together.
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  NPR was initially designated as state-affiliated, media a term
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  used to identify media, Outlets controlled or heavily influenced
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  by authoritarian governments like Russia and China.
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  The label was later changed to a government-funded media but NPR
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  which receives only a small fraction of its funding from the
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  government found the label misleading.
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  Now Canadian broadcasting Corp. And Swedish public radio.
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  Also decided to quit weeding and the government funded labels
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  vanished on Friday. State-affiliated tags on media
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  accounts such as Russia's Sputnik and Artie and China's
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  xingu were removed as well now on Thursday, but your Twitter is
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  high-profile, users lost the blue, check marks that verify
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  their identity and distinguish them from imposters now.
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  Twitter had approximately 300,000 verified users under the
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  original blue checkmark System, including journalists athletes
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  and public figures and the check signify that the account is
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  verified by Twitter to be authentic in Among The Hope
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  high-profile users who lost their blue checks or Beyonce.
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  Pope Francis, Oprah Winfrey and former President.
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  Donald Trump. In the cost of retaining, the
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  marks range from eight dollars a month for individual web users
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  to a starting price of a thousand dollars monthly to
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  verify an organization. Is $50 monthly for each
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  affiliate or employee account. Now, unlike the previous blue
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  check system, Twitter does not verify individual accounts, many
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  celebrities, including basketball Star LeBron James
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  author, Stephen King, and Star Trek's.
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  William Shatner have expressed frustration at joining the new
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  verification system, although their accounts, displayed blue
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  checks on Thursday King claimed, he hadn't paid for the service
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  and in response, must tweeted that he had personally paying
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  for King Shatner, and James is verification.
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  And singer. Dionne Warwick, criticized the
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  site's verification system, stating it was an absolute mess
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  Warwick, lost her blue, check on Thursday.
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  And previously, vowed not to pay for Twitter blue, believing the
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  monthly fee, could be better, spent elsewhere in the removal
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  of blue checks from government agencies nonprofits and public
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  service accounts has raised concerns that Twitter could lose
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  its status as a platform for accurate up-to-date information,
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  from authentic sources, especially in emergencies.
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  Now it remains Is unclear how Twitter grants goal checks for
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  verified organizations, and gray checks for government
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  organizations and their Affiliates?
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  And in an effort to clear up confusion the official Twitter
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  account of the New York City Government, which lost its blue,
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  check tweeted that it was an authentic account representing
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  the city's government. However, a newly created spoof
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  account without a blue check disagreed.
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  Falsely claiming to be the only authentic account representing
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  New York City Government at another spoof account,
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  impersonating. Pope Pope Francis, chimed in as
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  well, Travis Browne a berlin-based developer of
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  software for tracking social media found that fewer than 5%
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  of Legacy. Verified accounts had paid to
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  join Twitter blue as of Thursday.
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  And although the new system has upset some high-profile users
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  and pleased, some right-wing figures and musk fans.
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  It's not obvious Revenue stream for the platform, which was long
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  relying on Advertising to make money.
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  Now, digital intelligence platform similarweb, analyzed
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  desktop signups for Twitter, blue and detected only 116,000
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  confirmed signups last month with an $8 for or $11 per month.
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  Doesn't represent a significant Revenue Source at this time.
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  In the analysis did not include accounts purchase Via mobile
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  apps. Now, since purchasing Twitter
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  for forty four billion dollars in October musk has been trying
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  to boost the platform's revenue by encouraging, more users to
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  pay for a Premium subscription. However, this move also
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  highlights his belief that blue verification marks have become
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  an undeserved or corrupt, status symbol for elite personalities,
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  news reporters and others who receive verification for free
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  under Twitter's previous leadership.
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  Now, Twitter announced blue, check marks around 14 years ago,
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  to protect celebrities from a person aiders and help curb
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  misinformation from fake accounts.
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  Now, most Legacy blue checks were not household names
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  including politicians In lesser known journalist from small,
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  Publications worldwide. And what of musk's initial
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  actions after acquiring Twitter was to launch a service offering
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  blue checks to anyone willing to pay eight dollars a month.
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  However, service was quickly flooded with imposter accounts,
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  impersonating Brands, like Nintendo Eli, Lilly Tesla, and
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  SpaceX consequently Twitter or temporarily suspended the
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  service mere days after its launch and the revamp service
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  costs $8 a month for web users and As for iPhone or Android
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  app, users subscribers are Primus fewer ads, the ability to
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  post longer videos and additional benefits.
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  And despite these perks, the new system has not gained widespread
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  adoption and its long-term impact on Twitter's revenue and
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  user experience remains uncertain.
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  The removal of labels from Global media organization.
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  Has also fueled debates around transparency and accuracy in
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  information sharing. While some argue the Twitter's
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  decision to remove It funded or state-affiliated, labels levels,
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  the playing field for media Outlets, others contend that it
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  may make it more challenging for users to differentiate between
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  independent and government-controlled news
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  sources. That was Twitter navigates, this
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  new chapter under Ilan. The platform is ability to
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  balance Revenue generation user experience and Trust in the
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  verification system will be crucial going forward.
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  And as of now, the controversial changes to the verification
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  process and removal of me. Dia labels have sparked intense
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  discussions about the platform's future Direction and priorities.
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