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You Can Pay To Be Verified on Instagram— Here's Why It Matters

You Can Pay To Be Verified on Instagram— Here's Why It Matters

March 20, 202313 min

Social media apps (first Twitter, now Meta) are testing a premium offering where users can pay to have their accounts verified, signified by the infamous blue check. This may seem like no big deal, but it actually represents a big shift: Meta's newest revenue stream is us.