Musk is flirting with the idea of asking users to pay for verification - known as the 'blue tick' - granted to celebrities, politicians, business leaders and journalists
Elon Musk has fired Twitter's board of directors and appointed himself its sole member.
According to a company filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bret Taylor, former chairman of the board, and Parag Agrawal, former chief executive, are among the nine ousted directors.world's richest manHe is thought to be flirting with the idea of asking users to pay for verification - known as the"blue tick" - granted to celebrities, politicians, business leaders and journalists.
Jason Calacanis, a venture capitalist who is working with Mr Musk, tweeted a poll asking users how much they would be willing to pay for the blue tick that Twitter uses to verify higher-profile accounts so others know it is really them.
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