Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has lost his Twitter Blue verification with over 500,000 followers.
Twitter recently announced that it will start facing out its legacy blue badges on April 1, 2023, and users would pay a monthly fee to have the verification checkmark.
“On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks,” Twitter said on Friday.
Going forward, Twitter users who want the verification mark will now have to reapply under Twitter Blue.
The New York Times on Sunday lost its Twitter blue badge verification, for not paying for the company’s Twitter Blue subscription service.
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According to Buzz Feed, many other major media outlets such as The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, said they wouldn’t pay for Twitter Blue.
The media houses further said they won’t allow its journalists to expense the cost of the service.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk had on Saturday April 1 threatened to remove the blue badge for accounts failing to pay.
Twitter blue is part of the company’s efforts to boost its revenue, as Musk contends with a loss of advertisers since his controversial and sometimes-chaotic $44 billion takeover of the company.
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