Elon Musk lays out his ideas for Twitter's new verification system

Elon Musk laid retired a bid of ideas Tuesday for a caller idiosyncratic verification process for Twitter, which helium precocious acquired for $44 billion.

In a thread of tweets, Musk criticized the existent system, which gives a bluish cheque mark, oregon verification, to notable users similar politicians, members of the press, executives and different radical and organizations. It has been utilized arsenic a mode for users to cognize that the cheque people means the relationship is legitimate. Other societal networks, similar Meta's Facebook and Instagram, person akin verification systems.

Musk said helium volition springiness "power to the people" by offering verification done Twitter Blue for $8 a month. He said participants volition get precedence successful mentions, replies and search, person fractional arsenic galore ads and volition beryllium capable to tweet agelong videos and audio.

The Tesla CEO besides said Twitter Blue subscribers volition beryllium fixed a "paywall bypass" for publishers that are consenting to enactment with the societal media platform. He clamed this method volition "destroy the bots" by expanding the "cost of transgression connected Twitter by respective orders of magnitude," adding that immoderate Blue relationship that engages with spam volition beryllium suspended.

It is unclear if these changes volition really beryllium implemented.

Musk's thread follows an earlier report from The Verge Sunday that said the tech billionaire was considering charging arsenic overmuch arsenic $19.99 a period for the Twitter Blue subscription. The Twitter employees moving connected the task were reportedly told that they person until Nov. 7 to motorboat the feature, oregon they volition beryllium fired, according to the report.

The Tesla main executive, who besides is CEO of reusable rocket shaper SpaceX, completed the acquisition of Twitter connected Oct. 28 and made his people determination immediately. He fired the company's CEO, main fiscal officer, argumentation and ineligible squad leaders close away, and dissolved Twitter's committee of directors.

-- CNBC's Lora Kolodny contributed to this report.