Twitter Launches Verified Accounts In 3 Colours- What Does It Mean

Twitter has launched an updated Verified Subscriptions Program. This allowed accounts to have three different color scales: Gold, Grey, and Blue.

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Earlier, every account had a blue tick now there is a development in which some accounts have turned Gold.

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Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates.

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The Twitter Blue subscription service with verification costs $8 for Android users and $11 for iPhone owners per month.

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To subscribe to Blue badge, your Twitter account must be at least 90 days old and have a confirmed phone number.

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CEO Elon Musk claimed that a 'longer explanation' on how the system would work would come out 'next week'.

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