The code line clearly indicates that a paid verification feature is in the works for both Instagram and Facebook.
Instagram Latest News Today: Days after Twitter started charging users for the paid verification mark, an India Today report claimed that Instagram might also plan to do the same. Notably, Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms these days, where users get blue tick to get recognition as prominent personality. A code seen by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi reveals that Instagram plans to introduce paid verification feature. The screenshots showed lines written as “IG_NME_PAID_BLUE_BADGE_IDV” and “FB_NME_PAID_BLUE_BADGE_IDV.”
The code line clearly indicates that a paid verification feature is in the works for both Instagram and Facebook. However, it is not known as yet whether the tech company is seriously considering making it official for the public.
On the other hand, Twitter is charging $8 per month to web users for its blue verification code, which includes a verification badge and other benefits. The iOS or Android users need to pay $11 per month. The facility is now available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. Twitter hasn’t yet launched the same feature in India.
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If Instagram starts charging for the verification badge, then anyone on the platform will be able to have the blue mark by just spending money, just like Twitter.
Apart from this, Instagram recently announced that it is testing Candid Stories feature, which will allow people to capture and share anything that they are doing in a Story.
