Meta Announces Blue Verified Badges For $12 Per Month
Meta users will be able to verify their accounts with a government ID, and get a blue badge as part of a new subscription service called Meta Verified, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today in a Facebook post(Opens in a new window).
Starting this week, users in Australia and New Zealand will be able to sign up for the service. When it rolls out to the US, Meta Verified will cost $11.99 per month on web or $14.99 per month on iOS. The higher cost for iOS subscriptions is likely down to the 30% commission that Apple takes on in-app purchases.
In the post, Zuckerberg said the feature will be rolled out to “more countries soon” and would “increase authenticity and security across [Meta] services.” Meta Verified subscribers, he continued, would be granted “direct access to customer support” and “get extra impersonation protection against accounts claiming to be you.”
Verified badge holders must be 18 years or older, and send a government ID that matches the name and photo they have on their Facebook or Instagram profiles. As The Verge notes(Opens in a new window), users who sign up for the service will receive exclusive stickers for Stories and Reels, as well as 100 free Facebook stars(Opens in a new window), the platform’s digital currency that allows users to tip creators.
It won’t be possible for Meta Verified users to change their profile name, username, birthday, or profile photo without going through the verification process again, The Verge reports.
Meta Verified comes after Elon Musk revamped Twitter’s verified subscription service, Twitter Blue, late last year. According to The Information, 180,000 US-based Twitter users(Opens in a new window) had subscribed to the service as of January, two months after its
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