The Senegalese-American singer Akon has refuted accusations that he criticized Twitter CEO Elon Musk for raising the cost of the blue verification badges displayed on the microblogging platform.
The singer of the hit song “Oh Africa” reportedly made a post that is now-deleted. In the post, he allegedly criticized Elon for “forcing” people to pay for the Twitter verification service. Especially since the tick was developed to shield accounts from bogus ones. He also insisted that he wouldn’t pay for the new Twitter Blue subscription.
“Back in the day, Twitter was begging musicians to stay on cause they don’t have traffic. They came up with a verification process to protect accounts from take ones, and now @elonmusk is taking that away and forcing us to pay- FYI, I’m ain’t paying shit for something we helped build,” a tweet from the singer’s verified account read on April 1, 2023.
Akon, however, denied making the comments in a subsequent tweet that was published on Tuesday [today], asserting that his account had been hacked.
In his words” My account was just hacked. This tweet didn’t come from me. Whoever hacked my account, please keep your personal opinions away from my profile respectfully.”
Remember how Twitter announced in November 2022 that the new Twitter Blue subscription will cost $19.99?
After Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on April 14, 2022, there has been a number of policies. However, the blue subscription is one of the company’s most divisive.
cc: DailyPost
