In email guidance, the White House told staff members it will not pay for their Twitter verification.
The grey checkmark on The White House account on Twitter is seen displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken Feb. 14, 2023. continue to be verified, according to a report.
Beginning today, Twitter is shutting down its legacy verified program and will remove blue checkmarks from everyone that does not sign up for a Twitter Blue subscription. That means celebrities, journalists, and even White House staff will need to fork over $8 per month to Twitter CEO Elon Musk if they want to keep their verified accounts.
White House officials have become accustom to having verified accounts to ensure that their messages are received by the public as trustworthy. However, in email guidanceon Friday, White House director of digital strategy Rob Flaherty told staffers that the government will not pick up the tab for their Twitter Blue subscriptions.
"It is our understanding that Twitter Blue does not provide person-level verification as a service. Thus, a blue check mark will now simply serve as a verification that the account is a paid user," Flaherty wrote, according to the report.
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