twitter has started removing verification badges from accounts which had a blue tick, after announcingr account of the new york times. it used to have a blue tick, but it was removed after the us newspaper said, it would not pay to remain verified. it prompted this angry post from twitter�*s owner, elon musk, who said: "the real tragedy of @nytimes is that their propaganda, isn't even interesting". and other media organisations have seen changes too. last december, twitter introduced gold badges, like the one you can see here on the twitter page used by bbc news in the uk. these gold badges are used for business organisations rather than individuals. now twitter has said, it will charge one thousand dollars a month for it. many news organisations including cnn, the los angeles times and the washington post, who have also said, they will not pay for twitter verification, still have their gold ticks for now. celebrities are caught up in it too. among those who have refused to pay, are the american basketball great — lebronjames. social media consultant matt navarra says this is an exampl

the new york times has said they would not pay for twitter verification, and elon musk has really beenushing twitter blue. he really wants people to subscribe to get that extra revenue source. so when he found that the new york times said they weren't going to pay for that verification, he basically said then i will take it away and he did. that was the most high-profile example of seeing the checkmark disappear. that was an outlier in terms of everyone else has kind of cap going but the new york times did get knocked. kristen: explain to because twitter now has a rainbow of checkmarks, blue, gold, what does each mean? >> if you see a blue check mark, it can mean one of two things, a person is legacy verified or they just subscribe to twitter blue. you have to proceed with caution and make sure that it is a source of information you want to trust. companies and brands will have the gold check mark. that is how you know that is really them. then there are great checkmarks for government organizations or political figures so you will see this on president joe biden's account or the u.n.

. >> twitter has removed the verification checkmark from the new york times main account. the times is reportedly one of the news outlets, elon musk despises the most. the removal of the checkmark comes as many of twitter's high profile users are also facing having their blue checkmarks to lead. the check marks are used to verify their identity and set them apart from imposters. moss could set a deadline for yesterday for verified users to buy a premium twitter subscription or lose the checks on their profiles in a story last week, the time said it would not pay twitter for verification of its institutional accounts. >> millions of americans are now at risk of losing medicaid coverage after a 3 year pandemic pause during that time states for prohibited from kicking people off the low income health insurance programs. but as part of a law enacted in december 2022, medicaid went back to its pre pandemic rules yesterday. the pandemic declaration officially ends on may 11th, but some states will begin removing people from the government's low cost health insurance program this

. >> twitter has removed the verification checkmark from the new york times main account. the times is reportedly one of the news outlets elon musk despises the most today removal of the checkmark comes as many of twitter's high. a profile users are also facing having their blue checkmark still needed. these checks are used and set them apart from ity imposters. musk had set a deadline for yesterday for verified users to buy a premium twitter subscription or lose the checks on their profiles. in a story last week, the times said it would not pay twitter for verification of its institutional counts. >> coming up, the popular san francisco light installation close we've got a final look at and twine in golden gate park. >> welcome back. pope francis presided over palm sunday mass this morning in vatican city after spending 3 days in the hospital for bronchitis despite being a bit force, he did deliver a 15 minute homily to a massive crowd marking the start of holy week. the pope is scheduled to attend several events throughout this week, including a holy thursday mass at a ju

twitter has removed the verification checkmark from the new york times main account. e times is reportedly one of the news outlets, twitter ceo elon musk despises the most the removal of the checkmark comes as many of twitter's high profile users are also forcing a choice about whether or not they're going to pay for their blue checkmark or have it be deleted that check mark. allows users to be verified. musk had set a deadline for saturday for verified users to buy a premium twitter subscription or lose the checks on their profiles. in a story last week, the time said it would not pay for twitter verification of its accounts. i've checked. i still have my check, mark. i'm not paid for. totick around for. pope going francis is back on its feet just in time for holy week. the busiest week on the christian calendar. the pope presided over palm sunday mass one day after he left the hospital where he was treated for bronchitis. last week's hospitalization was the pope's second since 2021 when he was admitted for a colon surgery earlier this month, pope francis marked 10 ye

and i think a lot of them feel as if it should be twitter engaging in the verification and that the burden should not be on them. now mosque has been trying to increase the platforms revenue. do you think this will actually help? no, i think it is likely that celebrities will abandon the. busy platform will complain until the others pay for them. we've already seen that journalism. alice has signaled that they are going to get off twitter. so i don't think this is the answer to twitter financial questions. it's important that we have people in the social media space. we're willing to explore different ways to fund social media, but it's unclear to me that this is going to work. now we've already seen many fake accounts popping up. can we expect more to come? yes, i think we already have this been at least 11 issue with a new york state affiliated twitter accounts, dealing with impulses. and this is exactly the kind of problem that lou take verification emerged to solve. which is that the more prominent on accounts, the more likely impersonators or hoaxes are going to get involved to disrup

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twitter has removed the verification checkmark from the new york times main account to the times is reportedly one of the news outlets that twitter ceo elon musk despises the most. the removal of the checkmark comes as many of twitter's high profile users are also facing having their checkmarks deleted. musk had set a deadline for yesterday for verified users to buy a premium twitter subscription or lose those blue check marks on their profiles. the times had said previously it would not pay twitter for verification up its institutional accounts. starting tomorrow face covering requirements for staff at skilled nursing facilities go into effect in both alameda and contra costa counties. just as the state mandate will expire. the new mask rules won't apply to patients or visitors seeing their loved ones. health officials say they're continuing to require staff be masked as seniors in nursing homes are still among the most vulnerable populations for covid-19. there are 66 skilled nursing facilities in alameda county contra. costa county has 30. >> happening tomorrow in contra costa county public

twitter has removed the verification checkmark from the new york times main account to the times is reportedly one of the news outlets, twitter ceo elon musk. >> despises the most. the removal of the checkmark comes as many of twitter's high profile users are also facing having there's deleted. musk had set a deadline for yesterday for verified users to buy a premium twitter subscription or lose the checks on their profiles. the times has said it would not pay twitter for verification of its institutional accounts. we've seen many ways artificial intelligence has changed the way we do things from painting to delivering food, even writing essays about how about parking your car. marvin scott reports from. >> queens, new york. where ai is being used to valet your vehicle. >> working your car's never been so easy. thanks. the state of the art technology known as artificial intelligence, the rolling garage in the the first of its kind in queens. once you drive it onto a pallet, the ai system scans to measure the car to determine its size and shape before lowering of 3 levels to it's a lot of parki

can have a verified twitter blue account before ellen must bought twitter for $44 billion in october of last year. a blue check verification helped to identify and authentic or official account. now with twitter blew anyone who pays can be verified. but if you have to make money because he put $40 billion into it, this is right to make some money when the company first launched twitter blue for a monthly fee, the platform was inundated with fake verified accounts. the new page service was temporarily halted and then relaunched weeks later , especially the verification. was really important because it meant that if you have a person reporting on something, or you, just as a user shared something from someone with a blue checkmark, you could be sure it was from who they said they were since lodging twitter blew some users, including high profile celebrities, major news organizations and the white house say they won't pay for twitter to verify accounts at least one san fran cisco board supervisor says she won't pay for verification and has decided to leave twitter altogether. all the more to just see how twitter arrival under

well, twitter has removed the verification checkmark from the new york times's main account. >> the timesedly one of the news outlets that twitter ceo elon musk despises the most. the removal of the check. mark comes as many of twitter's high profile users are also facing their blue checkmarks being deleted tweet, which means a check to check missing your verified entity or a verified celebrity if you have the check, mark, if you have made or right, well, musk has set a deadline for saturday for verified users, too. start paying for that premium twitter subscription and keep their check marks or would disappear. well, it started last week that i said that it wasn't going to pay twitter for verification status of its institutional accounts. as a result, check marks are now disappearing. caught it. all right, 6.23 coming up next on the kron. 4 morning news. >> we're going to introduce >> we're going to introduce you to 3 months. first female jack, we think you're going to love this. ♪ "pop muzik" by m ♪ corn chicken... ♪ ...corn chicken... ♪ ...corn chicken... so... get out. right. okay. mh

twitter? it used to be as simple as finding a blue check mark right there. there's wither, such as yours truly went through a verification process. proving that we are who we say we are. that iconic blue check turned a twitter profile. it's un authentic, credible calling card. until it didn't overnight, the blue checks disappeared, but twitter owner, ellen must, he says that getting it back is as easy as $8.00 a month to night. the blue check blues at twitter where truth is dominated in dollars. and if you want to pay to play, i'm brink off in berlin. this is the day. ah, isn't bad with the communication space, because now you no longer know whether you're actually interacting with the person who seems to be on the picture with. i think it's the, the wrong way calling about making, making to, to profitable the pay level of twitter has been extremely high and says, have been some sort of party also coming up in the us, speeding up tank deliveries to ukraine and will begin training ukrainians on abrams tanks, within weeks i'm biased by i think the m one tax best tank in the world are all the tanks that are quite good. leop

twitter. it used to be as simple as finding a blue check mark right there. there's with such as yours truly went through a verification process, proving that we are who we say we are. that iconic blue check turned a twitter profile. it's human authentic, credible calling card. until it didn't overnight, the blue checks disappeared, but twitter owner, ellen must, he says that getting back is as easy as $8.00 a month to night. the blue check blues at twitter where truth is dominated in dollars. and if you want to pay to play, i'm burnt off in berlin. this is the day. ah. is it bad, bad with the communications base? because now you no longer know whether you're actually interacting with the person who seems to be on the picture with. i think it's the, the wrong way going about making, making to profitable the pay level of put or has been extremely high and says have been some sort of party also coming up in the u. s. speeding up tank deliveries to ukraine, and we'll begin training ukrainians on abrams tanks within weeks. unbiased by i think the m one tax best tank in the world are all the tanks that are quite good. leopa

he viewed it as a mark of like some sort of elite status, but in reality, twitter actually rolled out the verification system in 2009 after they faced the lawsuit from a former major league baseball player. ah, because there was an account pretending to be him. so twitter knew earlier that in order to keep the, you know, the celebrities and their biggest accounts, and biggest users, happy they needed to have some sort of way to let people know that, hey, you're actually talking to, you know, the person you think you are. and that's why they rolled out that verification system. it was just to stop impersonation. and you know, fake accounts. but most thought it was some sort of like, you know, stack a status symbol. once anyone can pay $8.00 for the verification badge than the verification no longer means anything. i mean, early on when twitter rolled out this new platform where anyone could pay a dollars for the badge or under mosque, there were already fake brands with the verified symbol pretending to, you know, fake accounts. i should say, pending to be an existing brands. and same thing that those

twitter has started removing legacy blue takes from verify the counts. the social media giant is now charging individuals and companies $8.00 a month for the verification. twitter had about 300000 verified uses under the original blue check system. many of them journalists, athletes, and public figures. c o it on mosque says the move will reduce the number of fake accounts space ex has launched the biggest and most powerful rocket ever made in a landmark test. but it didn't go according to plan 2 hobbs of the on cruise stone ship failed to separate as planned and it exploded 4 minutes off the blast off crashing down in the gulf of mexico space x official still declared the mission of success as it might be 1st time starship and its massive booster walk it had taken to the skies. when baker has more on the test flight. first, the race to space was just about getting there. now it's about getting a lot of people or a lot of heavy equipment off our planet at once. resume that at least it is for space sex, c. e o l. a must starship is supposed to be the largest vehicle ever sent to state standing at 120 meters in stainless steel. it's designed to propel $100

from entering twitter has started removing its blue text search show accounts have been verified the social media giant is now charging individuals and companies $8.00 a month for verification, twitter had about $300000.00 verified uses under its original blue check system. c o e law must says the move will reduce the number of fake accounts. that's it for me, you can find more information on our website, al jazeera dot com, where does next inside story. we'll look at the role of regional players in the ongoing saddam and complex to stay with us. and with funny about ah ah hallo, we've got some pretty unsettled weather across much of the middle east. once again, a fair amounts of cloud up towards the black sea through levant and afar amounts of clap producing some lie, the showers there, across. so saudi arabia always a possibility, see some at flash flooding as a result of these heavy dampers stretch their way all the way into southern parts of a yemen. we are going to say summer wet weather, still lurking there as we go on through our sunday showers, pushing up towards us here and caught out i think we'll see editing a significant having said that the temperature is on th

the deadline to pay for twitters new account verification system has arrived. starting april 1st, individuals and companies have to pay $8.00 a month for the blue tick, a symbol of account or fence authenticity, twitter seo. ellen musk says the subscription service will reduce the number of fake accounts, but many big names and organizations, so they won't fork out the cache. those are the headlines now. now to syrup it's arthritis. ah ah, has also to yet small trish, should it be needed that we are living through a climate, an ecological crisis or the urgent need to transform off fossil fuel based economy and our exploitation of nature is clear. here is arthritis. we've been highlighting ways of doing this for over a decade. but our current political and economic systems me, these solutions just aren't being implemented off. so what will it take for this to happen in the theories will look at the role to your global institutions have to play well, big business continues to pollute and honda, the planet. and the green economy show the way to a sustainable future

twitter has started removing its blue takes, but show accounts have been verified. the social media giants without charging individuals and companies $8.00 a month for the verification. twitter had about $300.00 those and verified users under its original blue check system. feel it on masks as the move will reduce the number of fake accounts. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the un calling for an immediate humanitarian sees fire and through don over there to holiday the rapids, support forces, paramilitary group says it has agreed to a 3 day truth. there has been no confirmation from the sudanese army here, but morgan has more from heart to me. the army has not responded to the 72 hour period of his fire by the rapid support forthwith, but then also on the ground. there is no actual implementation of that truth. there's been interim fighting between the rapid support, 4th of the 30s army, and the southern part of the capital. and 2 words, the road that leads to disease states that is an area that has not seen fighting over the past 6 days despite heavy fighting. here in the capitol between the rapids support forces and the army. then there's also report

the pope and donald trump are just 2 of many a listers who have lost their blue take verification on twitter. c, e o l on mosque said the blue check mark would be removed from all accounts that didn't pay a monthly fee. taylor swift and barack obama among a host of celebrities to retain the blue badge on their accounts. nato secretary general installed and burned, has made his 1st visit to ukraine since the russian invasion is a show of support. as keith prepares, the possible counter offensive stolberg to pay his respects to fallen ukrainian soldiers and reviewed damage russian military equipment. russia's foreign minister, sir galeb rob is tore in latin america in an attempt to build up supports lover of his condemned western sanctions imposed over the war in ukraine. he's been welcomed by the government of brazil, venezuela, nicaragua, and cuba rushes foreign minister, sergey leverage on a diplomatic push in latin america. he met with nicaragua as president, danielle artega, a vocal supporter of moscow's invasion of ukraine, russia and nicaragua, our t allies, and are both under western i

accounts used to receive the icons through twitter's now gone verification process but now users must pay at least $8 a month for authentication. public figures that appear to have lost their blue check marks include pope francis, beyonce, and kim kardashian. >>> well, tomorrow is earth day and the public is invited to san francisco's earth day festival at golden gate park running from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at 9th avenue at the county fair building. that includes a street fair and entertainment and all geared to inspiring people to make more creative earth-friendly choices in their daily lives. >> we'll have speakers and music and a lot of vegan food. and take a walk in golden gate park and stop by. it's going to be right by arboretum which is beautiful at this time of year! art making and a lot of fun things for kids to do. >>> yesterday more than 20,000 people descended on hippie hill peop r and they s goldenrk. as smok it. the traditclaims t biggest festival in the country and been celebrated there since long before weed was legalized for recreational use in california. this year

people have not been happy with twitter, from a content moderation perspective, changes with verificationue sky is an alternative that looks similar to twitter. and it's got the backing of jack dorsey, who was involved with twitter from the early days. it is giving people confidence to try it. caroline: a quarter of a million iphone downloads so far? nowhere near twitter's overall use case. how is it distinct, not only from twitter, but other competitors? i'm thinking of mastodon, which wants to be a decentralized social platform. >> that is the challenge, how you differentiate. a lot of them are very similar to twitter. they will look similar on the feed. blue sky has a waitlist right now. they're trying to control how many can be on the platform. you mentioned trying to have a decentralized protocol. if you think about mastodon, they have different service. you have to be on a server to follow someone. that gets more complicated. blue sky is more straightforward in terms of onboarding. it will really be the question moving forward how they differentiate when they are similar. >> they lo

the pope and donald trump are 2 of the many people who have lost their blue take. verification on twitter, ceo, ellen mosque said the blue check mark would be removed from all accounts that didn't pay a monthly fee. taylor swift and barack obama are among a host of celebrities to retain the blue badge on their accounts. russia says one of its warplanes accidentally fired on the city of belgrade, near the border with ukraine. a massive explosion shook the city and left 2 women entered. the defense ministry said the su $34.00 plane was flying over the city when an unplanned launch of ammunition occurred. investigations are underway into the incident. nato secretary general young stilton berg has made his 1st visit to ukraine since the russian invasion. it's a show of support, as keith prepares for a widely expected counter offensive stolen burg, paid his respects to fallen ukrainian soldiers and reviewed damaged russian military equipment. a long line of western leaders have made the trip to keys. and to this square, where ukraine proudly displays destroyed russian tanks. on thursday, it wa

so they've been >> well, 8.37, and twitter now has removed the verification checkmark from the new yorkes's main account. the times is reportedly one of the news outlets that twitter ceo elon musk. is not a fan of the removal of the checkmark comes as many of twitter's high profile users and entities are also facing blue checkmark deletion. the check marks are used to verify identity and musk had set a deadline for saturday. april, 1st that verified users have to start paying now for that premium twitter subscription level. if they want to keep those blue check marks, it's a story we told you about last week the times and said it was not willing to pay twitter for that verification check. mark on its institutional accounts. we'll take a break at 8.37. still ahead. >> on the kron, 4 morning news, the san francisco business owner speaking out now after the business was broken into twice in a span of just a few minutes and the break-ins were caught on cameras will play more of that video for you. chilly start to your monday, coupled with some winds working here on the northwest, even a win

for us and london. twitter has started removing legacy blue text from verified accounts to social media giant has now charging individuals and companies $80.00 a month for the verification. twitter had about 300000 verified uses under the original blue check system. many of them journalists, athletes, and public figures. c, o ela mosques, is the move will reduce the number of fake accounts. a foxy jo laughlin murdock has dropped a high profile defamation lawsuit against an australian news website. crikey accuse murdock, his family and company of fueling the u. s. capital riots in 2021. the website was trying to introduce evidence from the defamation case against fox news lodged by dominion voting systems this week than it work, agreed to pay almost $800000000.00 to the u. s. voting technology firm over false claims. its machines were rigged. well, that is all for me, tom mccrae, for now you can find more information on our website. al jazeera dot com with it is up next. then inside story, we'll examine to the see as political situation and the impact of the detention of the in our to parties where she gucci. stay with us. ah, ah, hello, the weather is nice, the set fair

twitter has started removing legacy blue text from verified accounts. social media giant is now charging individuals and companies $8.00 a month for the verification. twitter had about 300000 verified uses under the original blue check system. many of them journalists, athletes, and public figures. c, e o e long mosque says the mover would use the number of fake accounts space axes, launch the biggest and most powerful rocket ever made an alignment test. but it didn't go according to plan. ah, the 2 halves of the on crude starship failed to separate as planned, unexploded for minutes off to blast off crashing down in the gulf of mexico. thousands of gather to watch the launch from southern texas. earlier i spoke to francisco, diego, a senior such for the department of physics and astronomy unit at the university college london told me why the launch was still considered a milestone by spice x y bishop dawn is to launch the largest stroke if ever made. i'm actually managed to get for a few 100 meters above. i think you gave us a lot of the stratosphere, a few kilometers actually. and that was our success in a way. there were some technical mach functions th

now, the deadline to pay for twitters new account verification system is arrives starting april. the 1st individuals and companies have to pay $8.00 a month for the blue, take a symbol of a count, authenticity c o l on mosque says the subscription service will reduce the number of fake accounts. but many big names and organizations say they won't for count the cash. catalina go on to is an associate professor in private law and technology at attract university. she says there's a trend among social media platforms to find new sources of revenue. what we're seeing here is a shift in social media business models. the whole industry is doing, there's not just twitter and they're exploring content monetization, namely they're trying to find new ways for users to create to, to actually pay for their products. and twitter blue is only one example. another example that we can think of as also from twitter is the fact that they're planning to charge around $42000.00 per month for industrial access to their data, such as the twitter a p i. that's what being half a $1000000.00 for per year

he viewed it as a mark of like some sort of a lead status, but in reality, twitter actually rolled out the verification system in 2009 after they faced the lawsuit from a former major league baseball player. because there was an account pretending to be him. so twitter knew earlier that in order to keep the, you know, the celebrities and their biggest accounts, and biggest users, happy they needed to have some sort of way to let people know that, hey, you're actually talking to, you know, the person you think you are. and that's why they rolled out that verification system. it was just to stop impersonation. and you know, fake accounts, but most thought it was some sort of like, you know, stack a status symbol. so does he of his, does he really understand how this platform works? because it looks as, as though you just be that hillary clinton fake account of the fake accounts actually what they seems to have done is cause this proliferation in impersonation . right, right. yeah, a lot of a lot of big twitter users don't want to pay because you know, for, for one they don't think it's worth it. you know

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still congress taught home the deadline to pay for twitters new account. verification system has arrived starting april. first. individuals and companies have to pay $8.00 a month for the blue tick, a symbol of account authenticity, twitter seo, ellen musk says the subscription service will reduce the number of fake accounts, but many big names and organizations say that they won't be forking out the cache others the headlights bonnie is fee on all 0 after the bottom line. next? ah, a i am steve clements and i have a couple of questions after the release of a prominent rwandan activists. what was the u. s. role and what is the white house doing to bring back the dozens of other americans still detained abroad? let's get to the bottom line. ah, you could almost hear a sigh of relief both in africa and the united states when paul recessive again was recently released from jail by rwanda's president paul crick. i'm a recess to begin, is credited with sheltering more than a 1000 ethnic duties and who twos at the hotel. he managed, during rwanda's genocide, almost 30 years ago, were almost a

twitter blue ktvu lamonica. peters has more on the new verification system. ? like the grandfather didn't yeah. twitter started to remove the blue check from all accounts without a paid subscription for at least $8 a month. users can have a verified twitter blue account before ellen must bought twitter for $44 billion in october of last year. a blue check verification helped to identify and authentic or official account. now with twitter blew anyone who pays can be verified. but if you have to make money because he put $40 billion into it. is this right to make some money? when the company first launched twitter blue for a monthly fee, the platform was inundated with fake verified accounts. the new page service was temporarily halted and then relaunched weeks later , especially the verification was really important because it meant that if you have a person reporting on something, or you, just as a user shared something from someone with a blue check mark you could be sure it was from who they said they were since lodging twitter blew some users, including hig

the deadline to pay for twitter new account verification system has arrived from april. first, individuals and companies have to pay $8.00 a month for the blue. take a symbol of account authenticity to it as long as the subscription service will reduce the number of fake accounts that many big names and organizations say they won't pay up, including the white house. steven o'leary is the founder and managing director of ulta co company that monitors and analyzes social media. he believes, must you measure will help generate more revenue despite many people refusing to pay. if we think about revenue, i believe this will have a positive impact and, and ultimately twitter it under pressure to move away from an advertising only revenue model where we're seeing this across not just social media, but traditional media as well. our retention revenue is one source of income, but there has to be other ways to make money and must know this. and this is just one step towards trying to find additional ways to to raise money far for twitter as a platform. that a 2nd question, is it g

i lost my blue twitter tick today or yesterday, and it doesn't really bother me that much, but there is a serious side to this and that without the verificationo twitter, you see not only who you follow, but suggestions by the algorithm. all of these social networks use algorithms to open up the opportunity for mischief. people will try to hide hijack activities for fun will try to hide hijack activities forfun or will try to hide hijack activities for fun or profit or whatever reason. the absence of the blue tick makes it easier.— makes it easier. doesn't make twitter a worse _ makes it easier. doesn't make twitter a worse place - makes it easier. doesn't make twitter a worse place hang - makes it easier. doesn't makej twitter a worse place hang out makes it easier. doesn't make - twitter a worse place hang out in? it really does, it feels like a bad neighbourhood. it's an area you want to spend time, if you're running across hijacked accounts and there's more unsavoury behaviour, how is that good for twitter? i find this remarkable that elon musk thinks this is a good idea. i understand the need to make money, but to take away the blue chec

twitter. so losing him and other personalities like him over a blue object mark, a verification might not be great for twitter. and so mosque has angered celebrities like william shatner in this whole row over the blue check marks. he's angered researchers, journalists, these tend to be the user base for much of twitter. you could say, you talk about a kind of painful misalignment, the companies have to go through when they're changing their strategy. is this such a temporary, painful phase that then could lead to something better for this company? a that's exactly correct. so twitter was a not profitable. in fact, they recorded losses for 8 of the last 10 years. and if you look at their financials, a little more conservatively, it could be for all 10 of those years. so something had to change. the 1st thing was, was cost cutting that was kind of the easiest, most short term thing that could have been done. the next thing is a revenue and we know that revenue decreased because advertisers of flood most recently mosque has claimed. apple has fled as an advertiser. so premium memberships is the next

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the pope and donald trump are 2 of the many people who have lost their blue tick verification on twitter, c, e o r. ellen musk said the blue checkmark would be removed from all accounts that didn't pay a monthly faith. taylor swift and barack obama are among a host of celebrities to retain the blue badges on their accounts. of the world, health organization is reporting that 413 people have been killed and more than 3000 to 500 injured in sudan. since violence broke out 6 days ago, there's no sign of an end to the conflict despite repeated you and calls for a cease fire. the regular armies fighting apparent military is fighting the paramilitary rapids support force. the military government says it's committed to a promise transition to civilian rule, but will only accept the r f. f. surrender, or more gunfire in khartoum as fighting goes on despite hopes for a cease fire. awe in a pre recorded message released to the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan. sedans, top general said the military still back to return to civilian rule subway. in the mad icicle, you are confident that we wil

of what the pope and donald trump are. 2 of the many people who have lost their blue tick verification on twitter, ceo ellen mosque said that the blue check mark would be removed from all accounts that did not pay a monthly fee. taylor swift and barack obama are among a host of celebrities to retain their blue badge on their accounts. workers i stood guard airport are said to join those 3 other major airports in germany by striking on friday strikes this week have left tens of thousands of air travelers stranded germany is long distance railway workers also joined the walk out on friday. transport unions are demanding higher pay to cover the rising cost of living. after 4 years of trying, mexico has finally sold its unused presidential plane with tajikistan, buying it for $92000000.00. mexican president, andreas manuel lopez over our door, who has refused to fly in it since taking office in 2018, says that the proceeds will pay for 2 new hospitals in core areas. the new space access hailing the launch of the world's most powerful rock it as a success, despite it exploding just minutes after left

the pope and donald trump are among those losing their blue check. verification on twitter, twitter owner ilan mosque says that the checkmark will be removed. it has from accounts that do not pay a monthly fee, celebrities retaining the blue badge include taylor swift and barack obama. or to sports news. we start with soccer wear report say that ex byron unix coach. eulley ona guzman is now out of the running for the managers job at struggling english club. chelsea. he had been the big favorite, but who would want to join a club in such a crisis? it is that he sent over for healthy. the answer is pretty much yes. since americans are boley took over the english club last year. there's been nothing but trouble. they crashed out of the champions league this week and away down in 11th in the premier league. that's despite lavish spending in the general transfer window where chelsea shelled out really 70000000 euros more than europe's for all the big leagues combined. there was so many new players that they couldn't all fit in the dressing room and hardly any have settled then you club chelsea

departments across northern california city officials in san francisco say they will not pay twitter's blue check verificationeed. the mayor's office sent an email to more than 60 public information agency officials, saying the city has no plans to put to pay for blue check status for its spokesperson's. twitter owner elon musk says. starting today, users will have to pay $8 a month to keep their verification badge. city officials joined the white house, other government agencies and some prominent public figures in rejecting the demand to pay for their blue checks. musk musk has said the charges needed to keep out spam accounts. some people think ai is getting too sophisticated coming up. who is calling, putting a pause on advancements? and why may surprise you? and meteorologist mark tamayo will return with th ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you can beat it! ♪ visit youcanbeatit.org or call 833-422-4255 to ask for medication to treat covid-19. pos wrote a letter to a i developers asking them to pause their experiments out of concern for the harmful impact ai could have on the human race is alexandria. hoff has more from washingt

twitter blue ticks. today he la musk says he'll remove the verification from any account which fails to pay a monthly fee of $8.00 please. ah, i'm brent golf. it's good to have you with us on this friday, and we begin with the latest plans to help ukraine in its war against russia. keeps western allies have been meeting an air base year in germany to day the most senior u. s. defense officials, every period pledge is to stand behind ukraine for as long as it takes, and they promised that american tanks do per delivery in the fall will make a difference on the battlefield. a show of solidarity for ukraine from its western allies as the war continues to rage. us defense secretary lloyd austin, plays the groups efforts so far for announcing washington's latest contribution. we've also expedited r m one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armor capability in the coming march. and the oman cert, ukrainians will use for training arrive here in germany in the next few weeks. and all of this is huge progress for their part. germany and poland announced the creation of a tank maintenance hub. it's locati

the deadline to pay for twitters new account verification system has arrived. starting april 1st. individuals and companies have to pay $8.00 a month for the blue tick, a symbol of account authenticity. twitter c o e long mosque says the subscription service will reduce the number of fake accounts, but many big names and organizations say they won't for count the cache. let's begin, catalina, go on to who is an associate professor in private law and technology at lou tracks . university she georgia, spelled live from mos tricks in the netherlands. good savvy with us. what's your take of what ellen mosque is trying to do here? is it going to be good for the platform at us? it's uses adrian, thanks for having me. first off, i think if we take a step back, we need to acknowledge that what we're seeing here is a shift in social media. business models of the whole industry is doing. there's not just twitter and they're exploring content monetization i. namely, they're trying to find new ways for users to create to, to actually pay for their products. and twitter, blu

those are account used to receive the icon through the twitter now defunct verification process.public figures that lost their checkmark include pope francis, beyonc÷ and kim kardashian. >>> for a look at what's coming up on cbs mornings is tony dokoupil joining us live from new york. morning. >> reporter: good morning , justin. i lost my blue checkmark as well so don't feel bad. my wife, hers is gone and everybody i know has there's gone with an unverified world now. will move on. it is art day tomorrow and we are taking a look at the impact of rising sea levels creating the phenomenon known as ghost forest which could be coming to shoreline your your. find out what's being done to keep them from growing. >>> on your 48 hours we have a terrifying twist on how a man suppose an attempt at reconciling with his family turned instead into attempted murder. >> reporter: finally, legendary hollywood star danny trejo here in the studio. the actor has a new cookbook celebrating mexican food and culture. i love everything in it. it is really good. all of that and more coming up at 7:00. >

twitter has started removing legacy. blue takes from verified accounts. the social media giants is now charging individuals and companies $8.00 a month for the verification. twitter had about 300000 verified users under the original blue check system. many of the journalist athletes on public figures, c o l on must says the move will reduce the number of fake accounts. those are the headlines up next, it's the campaign against the climate. bye bye. i gotcha. you want to talk to me, right? we're doing a commentary about climate change. well, this is simple science look up, the higher c o 2 levels are leading to a greening of the earth. and so i don't, you know, do you think that's a bad thing? so, so multitudes who and deadlock fear is a good thing. but yes, i think so. absolutely. with imagine a world where you can't trust science. let me tell you about a group of men who've tried to convince you, adjust that a group who wants you to doubt climate change? this is the story about how these men were promoted by the world's largest oil companies. the story of a campaign that has impacted our world forever. this is a scientist from nasa who's come to the amer

twitter has reinstated its verification ticks for many well—known users, without them having to pay ahad been a free service earlier this week. beyonce has now had blue ticks restored. mr musk has admitted that he has personally paid for some of the upgrades. i would love to know if you had yours restored. i don't know where mine is, it may land back, we will see. if you want to get in touch, you can find me on twitter. quite a mixture of weather across the uk at the moment. some areas have seen a clearer spell, other with cloud and rain. the remnants of an area of low pressure pulling away eastwards. it will get somewhat clearer to start the new weeks, but it is also going to turn notably chillier. here is the low tracking towards the continent as we finish on sunday. behind the low, we are hooking in a northerly breeze and we are going to pull arctic air all the way south across the uk. that is for monday and will stick around for tuesday and wednesday. that cold air moving into scotland, even through the evening. strong winds, particularly around the northern and eastern coasts and