- Meta says its new verification subscription service, Meta Verified, is now live in the US.
- Meta Verified will cost $11.99 per month per platform on the web and $14.99 on mobile.
- According to Meta, US subscribers will get exclusive stickers on Facebook and Instagram Stories and Facebook Reels, along with 100 stars a month, to show support for their favorite creators.
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- Facebook and Instagram have started rolling out a new paid verification process in the US, allowing users to pay to become verified.
- The company is charging $11.99 per month per platform (or $143.88 per year) for users who sign up over the web.
- Customers who subscribe over iOS or Android will have to pay even more at $14.99 per month per account per platform.
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- Meta is working on a new service codenamed P92, which will take the form of a standalone app allowing text-based content to be shared.
- It will carry the Instagram branding and support the open, decentralized social networking protocol ActivityPub, which Mastodon relies on.
- Existing Instagram login support would also mean P92 could hit the ground running with billions of users at launch.
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- It came as a sudden surprise for fans when the vocalist deleted Instagram, leading to an eruption of various theories.
- Many saw it as the singer taking a precautionary measure against the saesang (stalker in Korean), who apparently has been sharing his photos and videos without consent.
- He reassured anxious fans saying, “I left Instagram, it has not been been hacked. I deleted it because I don’t use it much. Don’t worry.”
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- Selena Gomez has dethroned Kylie Jenner on Instagram, after the reality star's followers dropped hundreds of thousands in a matter of days.
- It comes after the mum-of-two shut down speculations of being a "mean girl" towards Gomez, whose account has grown by 7.4 million followers since Wednesday (22 February).
- The former Disney star has since announced a break from social media, saying she's "too old for this".
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