Elon Musk Reveals New Feature To Reduce Impersonation Risk On Twitter

Twitter Rolls Out New Feature To Reduce Impersonation Risks

Former President Barak Obama has got an affiliate badge on social media platform Twitter. But what is it?

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Twitter's CEO Elon Musk said that new affiliate badges will be great for reducing impersonation risk.

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Twitter has started removing the legacy blue check marks and is instead introducing affiliate badges.

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These affiliate badges will appear alongside an account's verified checkmark.

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The primary purpose of the badges is to point out the parent account of the user.

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Twitter recently introduced a gold check-mark for companies and brands and has shifted government accounts to a grey check-mark.

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Twitter Blue subscription costs $8 per month for individual users; ₹900 for mobile and ₹650 for web in India.

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