Elon Musk says Twitter to remove accounts with ‘no activity for several years’

Elon Musk on Monday announced that Twitter is canceling accounts that haven't been used for a long time.

He further added that users on the micro-blogging platform could see a drop in follower count.

Musk-mandated changes at Twitter from slashing staff to doing away with free verification check marks seen as stamps of authenticity have alienated users and advertisers.

The blue tick served as a way of protecting well-known individuals from impersonation and tackling false information.

Twitter first introduced the blue check mark system in 2009 to help users identify that celebrities, politicians, companies and brands, news organizations and other accounts "of public interest" were genuine and not impostors or parody accounts. The company didn't previously charge for verification.

Following this 'blue tick' fiasco, Musk announced on April 30 that Twitter will allow media publishers to charge users on a per-article basis with one click from May.