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9:27Now PlayingElon Musk gets challenged by Stephen King in a fiery Twitter battle over the new payment Musk wants to include for verification of Twitter users. John Iadarola and Maz Jobrani break it down on The Damage Report.
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Elon Musk tells Stephen King that Twitter needs to pay the bills somehow after the novelist said he'd quit the site if he was charged $20 for verification
"Elon Musk hit back at Stephen King on Tuesday after the author said he'd quit Twitter if he had to pay $20 to stay verified on the platform.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO took control of Twitter last week after months of legal wrangling.
According to a report by The Verge, which cited people familiar with the matter and internal correspondence, Musk plans to charge verified users $20 a month to keep the blue tick next to their name. This has sparked controversy among Twitter users, given that verifications are currently free of charge.
Bestselling writer King tweeted on Monday he would be "gone like Enron" if Twitter made him pay $20 to keep his blue checkmark. He added, "Fuck that, they should pay me.""
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