Elon Musk has announced that he will be re-launching Twitter’s premium service that will offer colored check marks to accounts.
The move comes shortly after Musk declared he would give “amnesty” for suspended accounts.
Due to a surge of fake accounts, Twitter previously suspended the premium service, which under Musk, gave blue-check labels to anyone paying $8 per month.
Musk said Friday that companies would receive gold checks, governments would receive gray checks, and individuals, whether or not they are celebrities, would receive blue checks for paying for the service.
“All verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates,” he said, adding it was “Painful, but necessary” and promising a “longer explanation” next week. He said the service was “tentatively launching” on Dec. 2.
Twitter halted the revamped premium service days after its launch after accounts impersonating Nintendo, Lockheed Martin, Eli Lilly, Tesla, SpaceX, and others were discovered.
