According to an internal post seen by The New York Times and two people with knowledge of the decision, verification check marks will be delayed until after the election.
The company made the call a day after announcing that it was rolling out the program for people to receive a verification check mark on their profile. The company said in notes accompanying a new update that the paid verification system was now a feature of the website's subscription service.
The announcement promised power to the people. Just like celebrities, companies, and politicians, your account will have a blue check mark.
The new pay-for-play badges could cause confusion ahead of Tuesday's elections because users could easily create verified accounts and publish false information about voting results. The employee asked why the social network was making such a risky change before the election, which could cause election interference.
The release of the verification badge project was moved to November 9 after the election according to the manager.
A request for comment was not immediately responded to by the social media company. The day after Tuesday's election is when many races are still undecided.
One of the changes made by Musk was charging for the verification check mark program. The billionaire is under financial pressure from the deal. Like other social media companies, it faces a decline in digital advertising spending as the global economy slows.
About 3,700 jobs were eliminated by Mr. Musk on Friday. He said that he had to make the cuts because the company was losing money.
Mr. Musk and his advisers have been talking about ways to make more money out of the social networking site. They have talked about adding paid direct messages, which would allow users to send private messages to high-profile users, as well as "paywalled" videos, which would mean that certain videos could not be viewed unless users paid a fee. They have talked about reviving the one-time short-form video platform.
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