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Although Meta did announce in February 2023 that Facebook and Instagram users would be offered the option to pay for verification badges on their profiles, as of this writing the company has announced no plans to charge for use of the platform itself.
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In February 2023, a claim began to spread on social media platforms that Facebook would begin charging $4.99 per month to use the platform.
The first post we found about the claim was shared on Twitter on Feb. 8, 2023. In two tweets, the user said:
So now there doing it, we just seen on Channel 13 News that Facebook is charging all user's starting Monday. You can do a opt-out by this. Hold your fingers over and copy, it can't be a share they will know: I do not give permission to Facebook to charge 4.99$ a month to my account, also; all my picture's are property of myself and not Facebook.
So now there doing it, we just seen on Channel 13 News that Facebook is charging all user's starting Monday. You can do a opt-out by this. Hold your fingers over and copy, it can't be a share they will know:
I do not give permission to Facebook to charge 4.99$ a month to my acco
— Dylan Goodin (@dgoodin24) February 8, 2023
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