Meta is launching a paid verification service

The odyssey of Elon musk's twitter takeover continues after walking in and demanding staff work 24 7 to push out the new twitter blue subscription verification program. He then fired around 50% of the social media giant staff now is pretty much everyone expected with the paid verification program, which doesn't actually require any credentials to acquire. There's now been *** wave of impersonators who for just $7.99 nine cents have taken the twitter identities of celebrities, politicians and corporate entities. CNN reports that everyone from donald trump to Lebron James have been impersonated in the hours since the program went live. Even *** fake Nintendo of America account posted this image of everyone's favorite video game plumber giving the middle finger now under community pressure and short staffed musk's new company has to identify, investigate and suspend those accounts, no doubt *** mean feat. After laying off around 3500 workers, cybersecurity expert Rachel to bach tweeted shortly after the twitter blue roll out that if the first few hours were any indication this could escalate. Quickly writing this verification rollout is causing huge trust issues across the platform already musk upholds that this feature should reduce imposters and spammers on the site by increasing their costs

Related video above: Twitter’s new paid ‘verification’ system ripe with imposters within hoursMeta is testing a subscription service that will allow Instagram and Facebook users to pay to get verified, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Instagram Sunday."Meta Verified" will start at $11.99 a month on the web or $14.99 a month on iOS, and the company will begin releasing it in Australia and New Zealand this week and "more countries soon."The service also comes with other perks: extra protection from impersonation accounts and direct access to customer support.To avoid fake accounts, customers who want to get the blue badge would need to provide a government ID that matches their profile name and picture. Users must also be above 18 to be eligible."This new feature is about increasing authenticity and security across our services," Zuckerberg wrote in an Instagram broadcast channel. In a statement, Meta clarified there will be no changes to accounts that are already verified. Verification was previously for users who are "authentic and notable.""We are evolving the meaning of the blue badge to focus on authenticity so we can expand verification access to more people," a Meta spokesperson said. "We will display follower count in more places so people can distinguish which accounts are notable public figures among accounts that share the same name."Meta joins other platforms, like Discord, Reddit and YouTube, which have their own subscription-based models.Twitter relaunched its own verification subscription service, Twitter Blue, in December, after an onset of fake "verified" accounts forced it to pull the feature. The check mark options now have different colors to differentiate between accounts: gold checks for companies, gray checks for government entities and other organizations, and blue checks for individuals, whether or not they are celebrities.Twitter Blue costs $11 a month for iOS and Android subscribers, part of owner Elon Musk's attempt to raise its subscriptions business after buying the platform for $44 billion.

Related video above: Twitter’s new paid ‘verification’ system ripe with imposters within hours

Meta is testing a subscription service that will allow Instagram and Facebook users to pay to get verified, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Instagram Sunday.

"Meta Verified" will start at $11.99 a month on the web or $14.99 a month on iOS, and the company will begin releasing it in Australia and New Zealand this week and "more countries soon."

The service also comes with other perks: extra protection from impersonation accounts and direct access to customer support.

To avoid fake accounts, customers who want to get the blue badge would need to provide a government ID that matches their profile name and picture. Users must also be above 18 to be eligible.

"This new feature is about increasing authenticity and security across our services," Zuckerberg wrote in an Instagram broadcast channel.

In a statement, Meta clarified there will be no changes to accounts that are already verified. Verification was previously for users who are "authentic and notable."

"We are evolving the meaning of the blue badge to focus on authenticity so we can expand verification access to more people," a Meta spokesperson said. "We will display follower count in more places so people can distinguish which accounts are notable public figures among accounts that share the same name."

Meta joins other platforms, like Discord, Reddit and YouTube, which have their own subscription-based models.

Twitter, Twitter Blue, in December, after an onset of fake "verified" accounts forced it to pull the feature. The check mark options now have different colors to differentiate between accounts: gold checks for companies, gray checks for government entities and other organizations, and blue checks for individuals, whether or not they are celebrities.

Twitter Blue costs $11 a month for iOS and Android subscribers, part of owner Elon Musk's attempt to raise its subscriptions business after buying the platform for $44 billion.

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