Meta testing new subscription service for verified accounts
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta testing new subscription service for verified accounts

Associated Press  

Meta is testing a new subscription service that would let Facebook and Instagram users pay for a verified account. For $11.99 per month on the web or $14.99 per month on Apple and Android operating systems, Meta will use a government identification to verify a user’s account and give the account a blue badge. Meta Verified is aimed at influencers and others who use social media for their business but aren’t notable public figures. On Saturday, Twitter took the service a step further, announcing that Twitter users would lose their ability to secure their accounts with two-factor authentication unless they pay the $8 monthly Twitter Blue subscription.

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Meta accused of breaking European law with its ‘pay or consent’ model
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta accused of breaking European law with its ‘pay or consent’ model

CNN  

London CNN — Facebook parent Meta has been accused of breaking Europe’s new digital competition rules over its “pay or consent” advertising model. The European Commission said in a statement Monday that, in its preliminary view, “this binary choice forces users to consent to the of their personal data and fails to provide them a less personalized but equivalent version …

Meta expands earning opportunities on Instagram and Facebook: Here's what you need to know
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta expands earning opportunities on Instagram and Facebook: Here's what you need to know

India TV News  

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is rolling out new updates to help creators generate income and grow their audiences on these platforms. Instagram's Invite-Only Holiday Bonus The company is currently testing a holiday bonus program on Instagram, available by invitation only to creators in the United States, South Korea, and Japan. One Million Subscriptions on Instagram Meta …

Elon Musk takes a jab at Mark Zuckerberg: Says Instagram ’pretty much’ OnlyFans
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk takes a jab at Mark Zuckerberg: Says Instagram ’pretty much’ OnlyFans

Live Mint  

Elon Musk has taken another swipe at Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram. Long time back-and-forth X owner Musk's beef with Zuckerberg's social media sites is well documented but especially came to a head when the latter announced a new site ‘Threads’ as a counter to Twitter for users looking to skip paid services and chasing the ‘old Twitter’ vibes. The app garnered …

New Instagram feature: Ad-free feed for paid verified users - Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

New Instagram feature: Ad-free feed for paid verified users - Explained

India TV News  

Instagram is exploring new ways to cater to its paid verified users. This development is part of Instagram's Meta Verified subscription service, which focuses on verifying users' identities and providing them with additional benefits, including priority customer support and exclusive stickers. This move by Instagram reflects the platform's intention to monetize its services and enhance the user experience for those …

Meta considers a $14 monthly fee for ad-free access to Instagram and Facebook
1 year, 2 months ago

Meta considers a $14 monthly fee for ad-free access to Instagram and Facebook

India TV News  

Meta, the parent company of social media giants Instagram and Facebook, is reportedly considering a subscription plan in Europe that would cost users $14 per month to access these platforms ad-free. Users would have the choice to either pay the subscription fee or opt for a free version that includes personalized For those who wish to use both Instagram and …

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads: Report

The Hindu  

Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform, Semafor reported on July 6, citing a letter sent to the Facebook parent's CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter's lawyer Alex Spiro. Meta which launched Threads on July 5 and has logged more than 30 million sign-ups, looks to take on Elon Musk's Twitter by taking advantage of Instagram's …

What happens when social media firms monetise key features?
1 year, 5 months ago

What happens when social media firms monetise key features?

The Hindu  

Social media giants like Facebook-parent Meta and Elon Musk-owned Twitter are pivoting to a model where users will have to pay for additional privileges and other important features. Social media for the privileged There weren’t any significant advantages to putting security features behind a paywall and it was an “anti-consumer” and “anti-user” move for a company to make, said Prateek …

Meta rolls out paid verification subscription in India. Will legacy Bluetick go? Zuckerberg says…
1 year, 6 months ago

Meta rolls out paid verification subscription in India. Will legacy Bluetick go? Zuckerberg says…

Hindustan Times  

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has started rolling out its paid verification subscription in India. "We’re expanding our test of Meta Verified to India after seeing good results from our early testing in several countries globally," the tech giant said. Meta Verified is a new subscription bundle that includes account verification with government ID, impersonation protections and …

Meta Verified lands in India, costs ₹699 per month on iOS and Android
1 year, 6 months ago

Meta Verified lands in India, costs ₹699 per month on iOS and Android

The Hindu  

June 08, 2023 02:12 pm | Updated 04:52 pm IST Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that the social media company’s paid verification programme for Facebook and Instagram has been expanded to India. Meta Verified will cost ₹699 per month on iOS and Android, while a web purchase option costing ₹599 a month will be launched in a few …

Meta Verified Available In India, Instagram Users Can Now Get A 'Blue Tick' For Rs 699: Check Eligibility
1 year, 6 months ago

Meta Verified Available In India, Instagram Users Can Now Get A 'Blue Tick' For Rs 699: Check Eligibility

News 18  

Meta Verified, the subscription service from Meta—which gets you a verified blue checkmark and a host of other benefits, including added account protection—for a monthly fee, is now available for Indian users. Available at Rs 699 for iOS and Android users, Meta Verified will authenticate accounts using a government ID proof, instead of having ‘notability’ as a factor. According to …

Twitter Now Requires Advertisers To Pay For Verification Before Running Ads
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter Now Requires Advertisers To Pay For Verification Before Running Ads

News 18  

After removing all legacy Blue check marks and asking individual users to pay for being verified, Elon Musk-run Twitter on Friday asked advertisers to either pay for the verification or they will not be able to run their ads on the platform. Social media consultant Matt Navarra shared the letter sent by Twitter to advertisers, which read that starting April …

Meta Verified Waitlist India Open Price App Web Facebook Instagram Blue Checkmark Details
1 year, 8 months ago

Meta Verified Waitlist India Open Price App Web Facebook Instagram Blue Checkmark Details

ABP News  

Seems like Facebook-parent Meta has taken a cue from Twitter as Meta Verified waitlist has opened in India, the media reported on Wednesday. The social networking giant will offer Meta Verified at a price of Rs 1,099 for web users and mobile app users will have to shell out Rs 1,499 for Meta Verified in the country. Similar to Twitter …

Today’s Cache | Musk pushes for Twitter Blue, Meta slams EU telecoms fees idea, TikTok CEO grilled about user safety
1 year, 9 months ago

Today’s Cache | Musk pushes for Twitter Blue, Meta slams EU telecoms fees idea, TikTok CEO grilled about user safety

The Hindu  

Musk pushes for Twitter Blue Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that the Twitter Blue subscription, through which users can have a paid blue tick on their accounts, is now available worldwide for $7 per month if users sign up via their web browsers. Meta slams EU telecoms fees idea Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram-owner Meta expressed in strong terms that it …

Meta Verified Paid Subscription Plan Rolling Out For Facebook And Instagram In US
1 year, 9 months ago

Meta Verified Paid Subscription Plan Rolling Out For Facebook And Instagram In US

News 18  

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company is rolling out its paid subscription plan for Facebook and Instagram to users based in the US. First launched in Australia and New Zealand, the “Meta Verified" plan offers a verified label, better protection from impersonation and direct access to customer support, reports The Verge. However, the US version of Meta Verified will …

Meta launches subscription service in the U.S.
1 year, 9 months ago

Meta launches subscription service in the U.S.

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc., on Friday launched its subscription service in the U.S., which would allow Facebook and Instagram users to pay for verification in the same vein as Elon Musk-owned Twitter. The Meta Verified service will give users a blue badge after they verify their accounts using a government ID and will cost $11.99 per month on the web or …

Meta planning to launch Twitter rival
1 year, 9 months ago

Meta planning to launch Twitter rival

Deccan Chronicle  

Los Angeles: Elon Musk's Twitter could soon face new competition from Facebook-owned Meta. The new Meta app would be based on -- and interoperable with -- the framework that powers Mastodon, a Twitter-like service that launched in 2016 and has seen a surge in popularity since Musk's takeover of Twitter last October. Last month, the tech giant began rolling out …

Facebook owner Meta working on potential Twitter rival
1 year, 9 months ago

Facebook owner Meta working on potential Twitter rival

Hindustan Times  

Facebook owner Meta is working on a new "text sharing" social media platform, it said Friday, in a project seen as a potential rival to embattled Twitter. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Since billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter in October, the influential website has suffered outages, layoffs and seen advertisers flee the platform over the lack of content moderation. {{^userSubscribed}} …

Facebook owner Meta working on potential Twitter rival
1 year, 9 months ago

Facebook owner Meta working on potential Twitter rival

Hindustan Times  

Facebook owner Meta is working on a new "text sharing" social media platform, it said Friday, in a project seen as a potential rival to embattled Twitter. "We're exploring a standalone, decentralized social network for sharing text updates," Meta said in a short emailed statement. The media reports said that Meta's new app would use technology that allowed it to …

Paying Twitter for a Checkmark Is a Joke. Paying Meta for One Won’t Be.
1 year, 9 months ago

Paying Twitter for a Checkmark Is a Joke. Paying Meta for One Won’t Be.

Slate  

This article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. The take machine went into high gear last week after Meta said it would charge $11.99 per month for verification and added customer service on Facebook and Instagram. “It’s a write-off for their business anyway.” Nearly every large social-media company has released a premium subscription product within the past …

OPINION: Meta, Twitter Are Ruining Social Media As We Knew It. Why Should You 'Pay' For It?
1 year, 10 months ago

OPINION: Meta, Twitter Are Ruining Social Media As We Knew It. Why Should You 'Pay' For It?

ABP News  

Meta, the parent company of social media giants Facebook and Instagram, has decided to take a leaf out of Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s book and has announced a new service called ‘Meta Verified’. Musk himself summed up the entire Meta-following-Twitter scenario perfectly in just one word: “Inevitable.” Inevitable — Elon Musk February 19, 2023 Where Meta Trumped Twitter Now, as …

After Twitter, Time for Meta: Is Paid Verification Sparking A New Social Media Trend? What Experts Think
1 year, 10 months ago

After Twitter, Time for Meta: Is Paid Verification Sparking A New Social Media Trend? What Experts Think

News 18  

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platform announced that the company will begin testing paid verification called “Meta Verified”, just months after the Twitter Pay Per Blue Tick announcement. As paid verification becomes a buzzword, News18 spoke to tech experts to understand whether this would be the new normal for all social media firms. Once your profile is verified, you can’t change the …

Meta launches paid subscription: What will it offer and who will benefit?
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta launches paid subscription: What will it offer and who will benefit?

Firstpost  

The new service will cost $11.99 a month for users who sign up via the Internet and $14.99 for those using mobile apps. The subscription will be voluntary and only users who are over the age of 18 will be allowed to subscribe San Francisco: Meta platform users will soon be able to follow in Twitter denizens’ footsteps in affixing …

Meta to roll out paid subscription on Facebook, Instagram
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta to roll out paid subscription on Facebook, Instagram

Al Jazeera  

Meta Verified would let Facebook and Instagram users pay to have a verified account. Meta is testing a new subscription service – Meta Verified – that would let Facebook and Instagram users pay to have a verified account. For $11.99 per month on the web or $14.99 per month on Apple and Android operating systems, Meta will use a government …

Facebook-owner Meta to roll out paid subscription
1 year, 10 months ago

Facebook-owner Meta to roll out paid subscription

The Hindu  

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Sunday, following a similar move by Elon Musk at Twitter. Meta Verified, which will roll out first in Australia and New Zealand this week, will let users verify an "account with a government ID, …

Meta Facebook Account Verified Users Charge Total Cost Web Android iOS
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta Facebook Account Verified Users Charge Total Cost Web Android iOS

ABP News  

Facebook parent Meta will be rolling out a subscription service this week to get Facebook and Instagram accounts verified using government IDs. Facebook founder and Meta chairman and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerburg on Sunday said that the Meta Verified service would cost users at least $11.99 per month on web or $14.99 per month on iOS "This week we're …

Meta announces paid blue verification tick on Facebook and Instagram: Details
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta announces paid blue verification tick on Facebook and Instagram: Details

Hindustan Times  

Meta, parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced the launch of a premium verification service to offer blue badge on profile. Along with profile verification, the subscription bundle for Instagram and Facebook also gives extra protection against impersonation and direct access to customer support. New product announcement: this week we're starting to roll out Meta Verified a -- …

Twitter will share ad revenue with creators who pay for Twitter Blue
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter will share ad revenue with creators who pay for Twitter Blue

The Hindu  

Twitter has started sharing advertising revenue to compensate creators for the “Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads,” tweeted Mr. Musk on February 3. To be eligible, the account must be a subscriber to Twitter Blue Verified — Elon Musk February 3, 2023 In response to another user, Mr. Musk …

Twitter Blue: New accounts won't get subscription based verification for 90 days
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter Blue: New accounts won't get subscription based verification for 90 days

India TV News  

Twitter Blue: Twitter will not allow new accounts to purchase the Blue subscription service for 90 days when it relaunches. According to the report, the old plan didn't specify a waiting period, but it did have a warning that "Twitter accounts created on or after November 9, 2022, will be unable to subscribe to Twitter Blue at this time". The …

Twitter May Give 'Official' Label To Some Verified Accounts When It Launches $8 Premium Product
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter May Give 'Official' Label To Some Verified Accounts When It Launches $8 Premium Product

ABP News  

In another change to Twitter, the company is set to announce an "official" label for some verified accounts when it launches its new and debated $8 premium subscription product, the media has reported. According to Twitter's early-stage products executive Esther Crawford, the Twitter official label would be applied to select verified accounts including major media outlets and governments, says a …

Twitter launches $8 monthly subscription with blue checkmark
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter launches $8 monthly subscription with blue checkmark

The Hindu  

Twitter on Saturday launched a subscription service for $8 a month that includes a blue checkmark now given to verified accounts as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the platform’s verification system just ahead of U.S. midterm elections. In an update to Apple iOS devices, Twitter said users who “sign up now” can receive the blue checkmark next to their names …

Twitter begins advertising a paid verification plan for $8 per month
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter begins advertising a paid verification plan for $8 per month

NPR  

Twitter begins advertising a paid verification plan for $8 per month Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP Twitter began advertising the launch of its paid subscription service in Apple's app store on Saturday, following new owner Elon Musk's promised overhaul of the social media platform's verification system. The once-free blue check mark given to verified accounts on …

Twitter Has A New Plan To Make Money: Charge $20 Per Account To Verify
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter Has A New Plan To Make Money: Charge $20 Per Account To Verify

News 18  

Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, just days after he took over one of the world's most influential social media platforms. Twitter is considering charging for the coveted blue check mark verifying the identity of its account holder, technology newsletter Platformer reported on Sunday, citing two people familiar with the matter. …

Mark Zuckerberg thinks a billion people will join him in the metaverse
2 years, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg thinks a billion people will join him in the metaverse

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg has predicted that a billion people will join his virtual reality …

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