Just days after taking over Twitter as the "Chief Twit", Elon Musk has been openly pondering on how to bring in money. The company has already made certain moves, like laying off half of its global workforce and starting to charge $8 per month for the once-free blue tick verification.

Twitter users may soon have to pay more than just $8 as Musk deliberates putting platform behind paywall

As Twitter takes up more and more of Elon Musk's attention, concerned Tesla Inc. shareholders sold their shares, bringing the billionaire's net worth below $200 billion.

Elon Musk's net worth falls below $200bn; Investors dump Tesla shares as he becomes ‘more focused on Twitter'

Twitter as we know and love is gone. The social media platform which in the past was pretty famous for its trolls and parody accounts has now taken a hard stance against people "impersonating" its new owner Elon Musk.

Millions of followers, blue-tick go down the drain as Twitter suspends accounts for impersonating Elon Musk

Just two days after laying off almost 50 per cent of its staff, Elon Musk's Twitter Inc has now apparently reached out to dozens of the fired people asking them to return to jobs, reports Bloomberg.

Elon Musk's Twitter calls back some of the fired employees, says they got laid off 'by mistake'

In what can be quite a sensational development, Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has apparently indicated his agreement when a user demanded investigation into Twitter employees, allegedly asking in past, for USD 15,000 for a verification blue tick.

'Yup', says Elon Musk when user claims Twitter employees asked for USD 15k for blue tick

As Twitter began unrolling its 'paid' blue tick, Olivier Veran, French minister and government spokesperson, said on Sunday (November 6) that he will not pay USD 7.

Will not pay for Twitter blue tick, says French minister

With its first significant update to the social media network, Twitter formally released an update of its app on the Apple App Store on Saturday. The newly released update offers users the highly coveted blue check verification mark for $8.

Twitter's new iOS update lets users get the blue verification mark 'just like the celebrities' for $7.99

Elon Musk has said that Twitter will charge $8 monthly to Twitter users who want a blue tick by their name indicating a verified account as he seeks to boost subscriptions and make the social media network less reliant on ads.

Elon Musk: Twitter will charge $8 per month for Blue Tick

The decision is believed to be a result of criticism the company faced for verifying the handle of Jason Kessler, a far right activist who organised a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, USA, in August.

Twitter pauses blue check mark verification after controversy

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