Media Personality and International Correspondent, Larry Madowo has declined to pay the Twitter verification charges, joining in the line of other celebrities who have refused to do so.
Since Elon Musk took over the Twitter, he introduced a new rule or rather guideline that anyone with a blue marker should pay the $8 fee.
Larry Madowo openly on his page said that he has no plans to pay for the blue mark together with the company he is working for, which is CNN.
“I have no plans to pay for Twitter Blue at this time, and neither does CNN.
Twitter says my blue checkmark will soon disappear after 12 years of being verified.”
Adding that even if he chose to pay for the figure that has been asked by twitter, it doesn’t mean that his account won’t be tampered nor hacked.
“Even if I pay $8 to remain verified, anybody else can also add my name to their account and pay Twitter to verify it.
So this doesn’t solve the problem of impersonation, it makes it worse. If this loophole is exploited by malicious people, it could have dangerous consequences.”
Larry Madowo remains unshaken, saying that paying for the blue check mark will just jeopardize his account even more.