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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Technology
Dave Snelling

Twitter users face new fee from today to keep essential feature that used to be free

The famous blue ticks that prove you have a verified account will now cost money after a dramatic change from Twitter. New owner Elon Musk announced the radical shake-up back in March and today is officially the last day that social media users will get the useful feature without paying a price.

“Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20," Musk confirmed via his Twitter account.

It means from tomorrow, April 21, those wanting to continue having an iconic blue tick will need to fork out up to £11 per month for a Twitter Blue account.

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