Soon a paid subscription to authenticate your account on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook and Instagram are following in the footsteps of Elon Musk, the boss of Twitter.

Mark Zuckerberg has announced the launch of a paid service for his account to be verified.

AP - Eric Risberg

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Facebook and Instagram (Meta) are following in the footsteps of Elon Musk, the boss of Twitter.

Mark Zuckerberg has announced the launch of a paid service for his account to be verified.

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With our correspondent in Houston,

It won't be the same little blue mark as Twitter, but it will look like it.

Against the sum of 11.99 dollars per month (11.19 euros),

will offer to verify his account with an identity document;

all this to obtain a blue badge attached to his name.

 According to Mark Zuckerberg, this will improve security, avoid all these copies of real accounts, and have access to customer service.

There will be no changes for already authenticated accounts, and no obligation to purchase.

The new formula will first launch this week in New Zealand and Australia.

Meta at its worst financially

Last year, when Elon Musk launched the same type of subscription, it generated many fake accounts on Twitter which had then, against payment, managed to obtain authentication.

The service was suspended for several months to better be relaunched last December.

The Facebook and Instagram group's decision comes after

because the company is not doing well financially and its shares had lost two-thirds of their value in the course of 2022. Facebook hit the 2 billion users.

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