This French minister won’t pay for Twitter’s Blue Tick subscription

Tesla CEO Elon Musk successfully acquired the micro-blogging site Twitter in October in a $44 billion deal, six months after the billionaire announced his plans to buy the company. Since Musk’s arrival, Twitter has gone through multiple changes in an attempt to increase the company’s revenue. Starting with firing the top executives of the firm to major layoffs, Twitter has seen a lot of changes in a few days. Amongst these changes, the move to charge subscription fees for Twitter’s verification check mark has been one of the changes that have been criticised by both users and experts alike.

According to a report by Reuters, French minister and government spokesman Olivier Veran has also said that he won’t be paying Twitter’s monthly fee for the blue tick. Veran also noted that he is concerned about the “ambitions of the social media platform’s new owner Elon Musk.”