Will White House pay for new Twitter subscription? Official says…
The internal email to the White House staffers does not necessarily apply to government agencies, but there are plans that this could be sent to some agencies
The White House has said it will not pay for official Twitter accountverification of its staff. In an email to the staffers, Whiite House's director of digital strategy Rob Flaherty said that Twitter Blue does not provide personal level verification as a service as the blue check will just verify that the account is a paid user, Axios reported.
The email is crucial because the official staffers at the White House depend on their verified accounts for disseminating information on behalf of the administration.
The internal email to the staffers does not necessarily apply to government agencies, but there are plans that this could be sent to some agencies and departments in the future, the report added.
The internal email to White House staffers, doesn't necessarily apply to government agencies, but a source familiar with White House plans said it may send guidance to some agencies and departments in the future.
With Twitter no longer providing blue tickmark to signify an active subscription from April 1, some American news organisations have declared they will not pay for any type of subscription.
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“New: The New York Times says it is not planning to pay for Twitter verification: We aren't planning to pay the monthly fee for verification of our institutional Twitter accounts a spokesperson tells me”, senior journalist Oliver Darcy had reported. Even CNN and Washington Post have said they will not subscribe to Twitter Blue.
Earlier this month, Twitter owner Elon Musk had announced that the social media platform will begin removing legacy verified checkmarks from April 1. It had been warning users to pay $8 monthly for verified blue ticks.
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The social media giant said that official organisations like White House and some government officials will continue to have grey checkmark. The White House digital director Flaherty in his email had cited Twitter's updated policieis and said that the platform will not be able to guarantee verification for federal agency accounts not meeting its eligibility requirements.
