Companies say Elon Musk's plan to charge $1,000 for month for Twitter checkmarks is 'outlandish' and makes them 'meaningless'

• Companies have hit out at Elon Musk for charging them $1,000 a month to stay verified on Twitter.
• Twitter plans to make users and organizations on Twitter pay to keep their blue checkmark.
• One company cofounder called the move "outlandish" and makes the checkmark "meaningless."

Elon Musk is making organizations pay $1,000 a month to have a verified blue checkmark on their Twitter accounts, and some companies are vexed.