Twitter users will soon have to be verified to be able to use TweetDeck, the social media company said in a tweet on Monday.
The change will take effect in 30 days, the corporate said.
Twitter made the announcement in a tweet detailing an improved version of TweetDeck with latest features. It was unclear if Twitter will charge users for each the brand new and old version of TweetDeck. Twitter didn’t immediately reply to request for comment.
Charging for TweetDeck, which was previously free and is widely utilized by businesses and news organizations to simply monitor content, could bring a revenue boost to Twitter, which has struggled to retain promoting revenue under billionaire Elon Musk’s ownership.
The move comes just days after Musk said that each verified and unverified users would have a limited variety of posts they may read per day “to handle extreme levels of information scraping & system manipulation.”
His announcement sparked a fierce backlash from users on Twitter, and ad experts said it will undermine latest CEO Linda Yaccarino, who began within the role last month.
Individuals must pay $8 per 30 days to confirm their account, while organizations pay $1,000 per 30 days.