Instagram, Facebook to start selling verification for $11.99 a month
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp has announced that it will be launching a new verification service that will enable its customers to verify their social media accounts.
Meta Co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced this on Sunday via a post on his Facebook account.
Meta said that its customers would be able to verify their accounts using government-verified identity cards.
The information stated that the new premium verification, Meta verified, will also include other services such as impersonation protection from fake accounts and direct access to customer support.
“This new feature is about increasing authenticity and security across our services. Meta Verified starts at $11.99 / month on the web or $14.99 / month on iOS. We’ll be rolling out in Australia and New Zealand this week and more countries soon,” the statement reads.
Features for paid verification subscriptions have become a trend since American billionaire, Elon Musk, made verification badges purchasable after his official Twitter takeover in October 2022.
The 51-year-old introduced the standard blue and gold tick verification badges. The new Twitter feat offers blue verification badges to individual accounts that pay for the Twitter subscription, while the gold verification badge is reserved specifically for official business accounts.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
Heading 3
Re-elect me to complete good works my govt started, Tinubu begs Nigerians
Mr Tinubu assured that said peace and development were gradually returning to the country.
States
Sanitation: Sanwo-Olu’s wife urges residents to embrace waste sorting
Mr Moye urged the authorities to ensure that waste was evacuated regularly.
World
Virginia man jailed 40 years for sexually exploiting dozens of minors on Snapchat
The convicted child sex offender assaulted victims, recording and saving videos of the abuse on his Snapchat account.
Hot news Home top
Detained ex-Kaduna governor El-Rufai paying for his misrule while in power for eight years, says Shehu Sani
Mr Sani accused the embattled governor of disobeying court orders while jailing opposition leaders, critics and religious leaders indiscriminately.
NationWide
Colombian envoy seeks robust ties with Nigeria
Mr Amokachi spoke on using sports as a tool for social change and youth empowerment.
World
Woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her at 13 says allegation untrue
The woman noted that she was not promised or received any compensation for the declaration.
