Elon Musk says it is 'inevitable' that Mark Zuckerberg would roll out

Elon Musk says it is 'inevitable' that Mark Zuckerberg would roll out Meta Verified after Twitter started making subscribers pay

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Elon Musk stated it was "inevitable" that Meta would follow Twitter's lead and start charging for verified statuses.

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