How new Twitter plan to stop people from voting in polls? Check details

US, March 28: Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced major changes in Twitter from April 15, 2023. 

As per the reports, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations and also revealed the reason behind it.

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Elon Musk took to his official Twitter handle and wrote, "Starting April 15th, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations. The is the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle. Voting in polls will require verification for same reason."   

This new plan will start from April 15 onwards

Recently, Twitter also announced that it will be doing away with the blue ticks for legacy verified accounts starting April 1.   

Notably, the most hyped microblogging site will remove the verified check-mark status of accounts that Twitter had been verified as notable before Elon Musk's takeover unless they have subscribed to Twitter Blue or the business-focused Twitter Verified Organizations plan, sources reported.

The only individual Twitter users who will have verified blue check-marks are those paying for Twitter Blue, which in the U.S. costs USD 8/month via the web and USD 11/month through in-app payment on iOS and Android.

Twitter first introduced verified accounts in 2009 to help users identify that celebrities, politicians, companies and brands, news organizations and other accounts "of public interest" were genuine and not impostor or parody accounts. The company didn't previously charge for verification.

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Musk launched Twitter Blue with the check-mark badge as one of the premium perks within two weeks of the company's takeover.