Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is planning to change its user verification process, including hiking charges for Twitter Blue, just days after Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform.
In a tweet on Sunday, Musk said: "Whole verification process is being revamped right now."
Musk gave no further details but Reuters noted that technology newsletter Platformer reported on Sunday that Twitter is considering charging for the coveted blue check mark verifying the identity of its account holder, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Users would have to subscribe to Twitter Blue at $4.99 a month or lose their "verified" badges if the project moves forward, according to the Platformer report.
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Musk - CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and the world's richest person - has not made a final decision and the project could still be scrapped, according to Platformer, but it is likely that verification will become a part of Twitter Blue.
Separately, Reuters added, The Verge reported on Sunday that Twitter will increase the subscription price for Twitter Blue, which also verifies users, from $4.99 a month to $19.99 a month, citing internal correspondence seen by them.
Twitter Blue was launched in June last year as the platform's first subscription service, which offers "exclusive access to premium features" on a monthly subscription basis including an option to edit tweets.
The feature to edit tweets was also made available earlier this month after Musk launched a Twitter poll in April asking his millions of followers whether they wanted an edit button, when over 70% said yes.
Musk has also requested that logged-out users visiting Twitter's site be redirected to Explore page which shows trending tweets, according to a separate Verge report on Sunday citing employees who were familiar with the matter, Reuters noted.