Twitter to reserve text-message authentication for Twitter Blue subscribers

  • Twitter is introducing a new policy that will take effect from March 20.
  • Text-message authentication will now be reserved for Twitter Blue subscribers.
  • The policy is being implemented to prevent abuse by ‘bad actors’.
  • Elon Musk agreed with a user who suggested Twitter was losing $60 million a year “on scam SMS”.

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