Elon Musk's Twitter delays paid verification until after midterm elections: NYT

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Twitter backtracks: Elon Musk's platform will delay its paid blue check verification plan until after midterm elections: NYT

, adding it to an updated description of the platform in the Apple App Store. According to an internal post viewed by the Times, the subscription will now be delayed until after the midterm elections Tuesday.

According to the New York Times report, an employee asked in an internal Slack channel on Saturday why the company was"making such a risky change before elections, which has the potential of causing election interference."

 

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John_Idol Too late, the content moderation team has already been gutted.

thats like in 3 days...

So Musk tried to back out of the sale because Twitter couldn't tell him how many bots there were & now he's found a way to add more bots.... So this was all about how receptive the bot market would be to pay for checks and increase revenue by catering to scammers & pay to play?

and he does as told...

gottem

After the midterms? So it's a political move?

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