<p>Twitter's new owner Elon Musk said on Monday the social media company is holding off the relaunch of its blue check subscription service, a delay from his initial tentative timeline to bring back the service on the platform.</p>.<p>"Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation," Musk said in a tweet.</p>.<p>"Will probably use different color check for organizations than individuals."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/comment/the-bird-is-free-the-workers-are-trapped-1164527.html" target="_blank">The bird is 'free', the workers are trapped</a></strong></p>.<p>"Will probably use different color check for organizations than individuals," he added.</p>.<p>The coveted blue check mark was previously reserved for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalities, journalists and other public figures.</p>.<p>But a subscription option, open to anyone prepared to pay, was rolled out earlier this month to help Twitter grow revenue as Musk fights to retain advertisers.</p>.<p>Twitter had paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service, as fake accounts mushroomed and had said Twitter's sought-after blue check subscription service will be relaunched on Nov. 29.</p>.<p>Musk also tweeted that Twitter added 1.6 million users this past week, "another all-time high".</p>.<p>Advertisers on Twitter, including big companies such as General Motors, Mondelez International, Volkswagen AG, have paused advertising on the platform, as they grapple with the new boss.</p>.<p>Hundreds of Twitter employees have also been estimated to have quit last week, following a Thursday deadline by Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity," or leave.</p>
<p>Twitter's new owner Elon Musk said on Monday the social media company is holding off the relaunch of its blue check subscription service, a delay from his initial tentative timeline to bring back the service on the platform.</p>.<p>"Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation," Musk said in a tweet.</p>.<p>"Will probably use different color check for organizations than individuals."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/comment/the-bird-is-free-the-workers-are-trapped-1164527.html" target="_blank">The bird is 'free', the workers are trapped</a></strong></p>.<p>"Will probably use different color check for organizations than individuals," he added.</p>.<p>The coveted blue check mark was previously reserved for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalities, journalists and other public figures.</p>.<p>But a subscription option, open to anyone prepared to pay, was rolled out earlier this month to help Twitter grow revenue as Musk fights to retain advertisers.</p>.<p>Twitter had paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service, as fake accounts mushroomed and had said Twitter's sought-after blue check subscription service will be relaunched on Nov. 29.</p>.<p>Musk also tweeted that Twitter added 1.6 million users this past week, "another all-time high".</p>.<p>Advertisers on Twitter, including big companies such as General Motors, Mondelez International, Volkswagen AG, have paused advertising on the platform, as they grapple with the new boss.</p>.<p>Hundreds of Twitter employees have also been estimated to have quit last week, following a Thursday deadline by Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity," or leave.</p>