Lauren Jauregui, a popular musician, threatened to leave Twitter after the company changed its screening criteria. Jauregui criticized Twitter’s new CEO, Elon Musk, and threatened to leave the site if they tried to charge her for a green tick. She posted a screenshot of the message to Twitter with the caption:
“I just received this message when I opened Twitter…@elonmusk.” How is that acceptable? When we have actual occupations based on our checks, because people call themselves me everyday on this site. I have had this certification for 11 years and it took two steps.”
In a follow-up tweet, she said she would leave the site if asked to pay a green tick. In response to the new amendment, which she called “unsafe”, she said:
“For my account not to be hacked. Why would I start paying for something I’m 11 years old, especially when it’s such a useful tool for my job? This is dangerous, @Twitter And if that’s true, I’m leaving Twitter because I’m paying the price for this nonsense.”
Others agreed with the I’m in Love with a Monster singer, saying that Twitter’s new policy makes no sense.
What exactly is Twitter’s new policy? Additional information is being provided as Lauren Jauregui raises security concerns.
Lauren Jauregui, who has more than 4 million followers on Twitter, recently expressed her displeasure with the microblogging platform’s latest policy change. Her criticism came after Twitter said users would lose account security unless they pay $8 a month for Twitter Blue.
Users who don’t use Twitter Blue will no longer be able to use two-factor authentication on text messages to protect their accounts, according to the policy change. Lauren Jauregui is not the only celebrity to criticize the new CEO of Twitter and the site for being “greedy,” as Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane and Camila Cabello have spoken out against the new policy change. However, many fans seem to agree with the singer, saying they also feel the new policy is unfair. Some have criticized the move, arguing that Twitter is sacrificing security for profit:
I got this message this morning when I also went to Twitter. Twitter is actually saying that it threatens our security and privacy if we don’t pay for it. Funny.
– Lexi (@LexiHernnandez) February 18, 2023
I saw the same thing when I opened it yesterday. That is completely absurd.
– Eric Racy (@EricJRacy) February 18, 2023
At this point, neither Elon Musk nor any other official Twitter spokesperson has responded to the outrage.
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