Instagram code reveals it may soon allow users to buy blue badge verification, like Twitter

Facebook-owned Instagram may soon take a leaf out of Twitter’s book by allowing users to buy a blue verification badge, according to a line of code that references a “paid blue badge” and a new subscription product. Last year, as part of Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s rampant efforts to monetise the platform following his turbulent

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