Main Point: Verification doesn’t equal credibility

By Editorial Board

As of April 1, Twitter is requiring a paid subscription to Twitter Blue to have a verification checkmark on a profile. The University Star will not be paying to verify our organization on Twitter.

The gold checkmark for verified organizations is $1,000 a month and an extra $50 per month for affiliated accounts such as professional profiles for each reporter at a news organization. The Star will not be paying for this verification either.

The Star’s editorial board believes that paying for verification lessens the once-earned status of a blue checkmark which we no longer view as a symbol of credibility.

Per the new Twitter guidelines, The Star's tweets will no longer appear to our followers on the “For You” page. We will continue to use Twitter to share our news-gathering and reporting as usual, as it is still an important tool to reach our audience.

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