Twitter's subscription service that will allow users to pay to be verified on the platform relaunched on Monday as several changes were made to the 'tick' process.
Twitter Blue will give users who sign up a blue tick badge, the ability to edit tweets and a range of other features in exchange for the eight dollar (£6.50) monthly fee.
The service had initially launched last month but was paused after it was flooded with bad actors who paid for verification and then posed as public figures and businesses, often posting potentially offensive and abusive content.
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Twitter has said it will allow users to change their account handle and display name under the new system, but they will lose their verified badge until Twitter has reviewed their account again.
Mr Musk has changed the pricing for Blue ahead of the relaunch, now charging those who subscribe on Apple's iOS platform 11 dollars a month (£9) as a way of offsetting the commission Apple charges for purchases made through it's App Store.
In addition, Twitter has begun replacing the grey "official" labels on prominent accounts with a gold, not yellow, tick badge for businesses and a grey tick badge for government accounts.
The move will be the latest sweeping change made by Mr Musk since he took control of the social media platform in October.
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