Only verified accounts can vote in Twitter polls from April 15, says Musk

Elon Musk has announced that only verified Twitter accounts will appear on the platform’s ‘For You’ recommendations page or be able to vote in polls starting April 15. 

He called it the “only realistic” way to address the issue of AI bots swarming the platform.

Musk, who took over as CEO of Twitter after purchasing the company in October, had last week announced that users with ‘legacy’ verified accounts would lose their blue ticks in April.

This means that only users who sign up for Twitter Blue for $8 a month can get blue tick verified accounts.

His latest announcement vests more power in these verified accounts.

The announcement was immediately met with criticism that Musk brushed off. 

One Twitter user in the comments section of his post said that Twitter needed to invest in AI tech to detect bots on the platform.

Allowing only verified accounts to vote in polls would tarnish the reputation of the platform, he opined

Last year, Musk had said Twitter would restrict voting on policy-related polls to paying Twitter Blue subscribers.