Twitter will Now Require Phone Number Verification for a Blue Subscription

See Also: Twitter loses its Football World Cup ad revenue If you’re not yet a Blue subscriber and haven’t yet verified a phone number, you’ll be prompted to sign verify a number when you proceed to sign up. This is what Twitter said in the tweet, Twitter accounts that haven’t been active within the last 30 days or that have changed their profile photo, display name, or username within the previous seven days may also be unable to sign up. Subscribers will also need a verified phone number. Those who sign up for Twitter Blue will immediately get all the Blue benefits like editing Tweets and longer videos. However, they will not see the checkmark right away. Twitter’s new CEO confirmed last month that the company will manually verify all the Blue accounts. Twitter Blue will cost $8/month when you subscribe via the Web. It will cost $11/month when signing up via iOS to account for Apple’s App Store tax. Check Also: Twitter Blue will Relaunch Today with Character Limit Increase to 4,000