Fb-parent Meta plans to start out providing customers verified blue badges and direct customer-support entry for $11.99 a month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg mentioned Sunday.
“This new function is about rising authenticity and safety throughout our providers,” Zuckerberg wrote in posts on Fb and Instagram, which Meta additionally owns. Customers should submit a authorities ID to show their id to be eligible for the service, Meta Verified. Nevertheless, customers have to enroll individually for his or her Fb and Instagram accounts, which means the function on each apps will price $24 a month. The paid standing will give subscribers “additional impersonation safety in opposition to accounts claiming to be you,” Zuckerberg mentioned.
The service, much like packages at Twitter and Snap, grew to become obtainable in Australia and New Zealand final week and can be expanded to the US inside a number of weeks.