Twitter to Charge Users to Secure Accounts via Text Message

Figurines with computers and smartphones in front of Twitter logo in a photo illustration on July 24, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts.

After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company said in a tweet.