Twitter's new policy on verified accounts is not going well.
Elon Musk, new boss of the social network, intends to claim eight dollars for users wishing to have the little blue sticker that authenticates their account.
"We will see what the rules will be, if I have to contribute eight euros each month to Mr. Musk, it will hurt me a little," said Bruno Le Maire, questioned on the subject during the program Càvous on France. 5, Wednesday.
Currently, only certain profiles can request this token of authenticity, including governments, companies, media, political, cultural or sports personalities, etc.
This is the case of the Minister of the Economy with 665,000 Twitter subscribers who has the famous blue certification to the right of his name on the American social network.
Twitter's new offering should help the platform fight fake accounts and diversify its revenue streams.
Its business model is 90% dependent on advertising.
But the very idea of having to pay to have your account certified has drawn a lot of criticism.
Asked whether he would agree to pay, Bruno Le Maire added: “I have not yet looked in detail”.
“The quickest question that will be asked is will Twitter, under the control of Elon Musk, respect the rules that we have set in terms of controlling everyone's expression, respecting the everyone's word, respect for freedom of expression", continued the French Minister.
“It is not because Mr. Musk has taken control of Twitter that we will be able to see threats, insults, attacks on the dignity of people on this social network springing up everywhere on Twitter,” the French minister further declared.
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