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Elon Musk will soon ask businesses for $1,000 to stay verified on Twitter

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It’s no surprise that Twitter has been running out of cash since Elon Musk confirmed he would be stepping down as CEO once he finds a replacement. To counter this, Musk introduced a new payment method that requires businesses and brands to pay $1,000 a month just to be verified on Twitter.

Not only is Twitter asking organizations to pay $1,000 per month, but an additional $50 per month for each of their connected sub-accounts to retain their “gold verification badges with a check mark” that the tech giant launched in last December. replace blue checkmarks with gold checkmarks for businesses, information confirmed that the changes “are being finalized and are subject to change”.

The new price range falls under the new Twitter Blue for Business services. The new verification process allows customers to match connected people, businesses and brands, who will receive a small badge with their parent company’s profile picture next to the checkmarks. Musk announced that Twitter will be phasing out all old verified ticks over the next few months.

Since acquiring Twitter, Musk has racked up $12.5 billion in debt while cutting Twitter’s workforce by 80%. Last Friday, Musk announced that starting Feb. 3, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for “ads that appear in their reply feeds.” People who want to keep their Twitter verification have to pay $8/month to keep the blue checkmark for web and $11/month for Apple’s iOS.

In other tech news, Meta reported a $4.3 billion loss in its Metaverse division in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Source: hypebeast.com


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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro requests an additional six-month visa to stay in the United States

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is under investigation for his role in the January 8 violent attack on the headquarters of national institutions in Brasilia, has applied for a six-month visa to stay in the United States, his lawyer said. said on Monday, January 30.

The far-right ex-president left Brazil for Florida two days before Lula’s inauguration on 1er January, according to law firm AG Immigration, and his current visa is expected to expire soon. “We look forward to bring utmost satisfaction and desired results to our client”the firm said in a statement. “In his position, he just needs stability,” Felipe Alexander, founder of the consulting firm, estimates.

Mr Bolsonaro is said to have arrived in the United States on a visa issued to visiting leaders, which will expire on Tuesday, as he is no longer on official business.

Elected US Democrats have rallied

The former Brazilian president indicated on the CNN antenna in Brazil that he intended to return at the end of January, and that he was considering postponing his return due to health reasons. Jair Bolsonaro was the victim of a stabbing in 2018 during an election campaign. Since then he has undergone several surgeries for bowel obstruction.

On 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters, displeased with Lula da Silva’s victory over the far-right former president in the October 2022 presidential election, attacked and vandalized the presidential palace, Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia.

Days later, elected Democrats asked Joe Biden to revoke Jair Bolsonaro’s visa, denying that the United States served as a refuge for the former leader. “We must not allow Mr. Bolsonaro or any other former Brazilian official to seek asylum in the United States to avoid justice for any possible crimes committed during their mandates”Write these 41 elected officials, all from the Democratic Party, in an open letter to President Biden.

Anderson Torres, the former Minister of Justice, was arrested on 14 January as part of an investigation into the looting, as he was returning from the United States by plane.

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