Mark Zuckerberg announced a paid subscription service for Facebook and Instagram

Metaowner of Facebook, announced on Sunday a subscription service, dubbed Meta checkedwhich will allow users to verify their accounts through official ID and obtain a blue badge.

The subscription plan for instagram there Facebook it also includes additional protection against spoofing and will be invoiced from $11.99 per month on the web or $14.99 per month on Apple’s iOS system, he wrote Mark Zuckerbergfacebook founder, in a social media post.

Meta Verified will roll out to Australia and New Zealand this week.

Meta’s decision comes a few months after Twitter will launch a paid version of the social network for a cost between 8 and 11 dollars per month.

Following his announcement, Zuckerberg also responded to a comment from a user who noted that “direct access to customer service is the real value, much more than the blue tick.”

“I agree that’s a big part of the value. Also, once you verify your account with official ID, we can more efficiently find and remove any impostor accounts, since we know which account is your real one,” the social network founder said.

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