Microblogging site Twitter is removing free blue ticks from verified accounts. Explain that under its new policy, Twitter is removing blue ticks from the account given through the company’s old system. Twitter has so far removed blue tickets from the Twitter accounts of many celebrities including many government organizations. In this sequence, the company has removed Blue Tick from the accounts of several ministries and agencies in Kuwait. Blue Tick is now available only to those people who are paying $8 per month.
Twitter has removed blue ticks from Kuwait ministries as well as state media organizations and government-funded media accounts, Al Rai reported. Not affected entities include the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Electricity in Kuwait, which pays for Blue Tick.
Twitter snatched blue ticks from these ministries
According to the information, most of the government agencies in Kuwait have lost the Blue Tick along with the Government Communication and Kuwait News Agency. The ministries whose blue ticks have been removed by Twitter include the Ministry of Oil, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Higher Education.
Also Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, Communications Commission, Kuwait Municipality, Residential Care Foundation Army Staff Presidency, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Government Communication Center, Kuwait University, Citizen Information Authority, Manpower Authority, Road Authority, Sports Authority, Disabled Authority, Petroleum Corporation, and Environment Agency have also lost blue ticks from their accounts.
Twitter blue subscription price
Let us tell you that the company introduced a subscription pack to get the blue tick on Twitter. Which is called Twitter Blue. The price of Twitter Blue varies from country to country. In the United States, it costs $11 per month for iOS or Android users and $8 per month for web users.
how much is the price in India
Twitter Blue costs Rs 900 monthly for iOS in India, Rs 650 for web monthly, while the annual price for iOS is Rs 9,400. For Android users, the monthly price is Rs 900 while the annual price is Rs 9,400.