Gold, grey, and blue Twitter verification badges will be introduced by Elon Musk.

Twitter’s CEO, Elon Musk, stated on Friday that several colored verification badges would be introduced to help users distinguish between accounts.

According to AFP, Musk also stated that while all verified individual accounts will have the identical blue check, some would be allowed to display secondary colors.

“Sorry for the delay, we’re tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week,” Musk tweeted.

“Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates.”

He added further that others would display “secondary tiny logo showing they belong to an organisation if verified as such by that organisation.”

Since he acquired the social media titan last month, the American billionaire’s proposal that users will be able to pay to be “certified” and receive a blue badge on their profiles has sparked uncertainty.

The report states that he also suggested a $8 monthly subscription charge to enable consumers to access the blue check, which was previously free but only available to organizations and public persons in an effort to prevent impersonation and false information.

Musk has stated that he wants to charge users for social media platform subscriptions in order to diversify the company’s revenue stream. Currently, 90% of Twitter’s income comes from advertising.

Half of Twitter’s top 100 advertisers have announced that they are suspending or “have apparently suspended” their spending on the social network, according to the NGO Media Matters.