Dutch News is set to lose its Twitter blue tick certificate on Thursday because of new rules drawn up by company owner Elon Musk to raise money with the social media service.

As a small company, Dutch News would be faced with paying €1,000 a month for certification, which represents a large chunk of our budget. All our income, from advertising and donations, goes to providing and improving our news service and will continue to do so.

The so-called blue check was introduced to verify notable accounts and prevent impersonation. We applied for verification after discovering that several accounts on Twitter were scraping our content and posting it to the social media platform, pretending to be Dutch News. Our official account is @DutchNewsNL and that will not change.

We also see Twitter as a public service and an integral part of our output and we will continue to post all our news there. We may shortly have no blue tick, but in that respect, nothing will alter.

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