California: Twitter will begin removing so-called legacy verified marks from user accounts next week, as it works toward a model where only paid subscribers and members of approved organizations have that status.

The move to strike legacy verification begins April 1, the San Francisco-based company said in a tweet Thursday. It’s one of the earliest policy changes announced by owner Elon Musk, who described the existing program as ‘corrupt’ shortly after taking over late last year. Musk has changed his mind about several changes at the social network, but has remained steadfast in his desire to eliminate the old verification system.

Musk’s antipathy toward the former system has often been couched in the context of his disdain for members of the media, who have tended to be Twitter’s most active verified users. This month, he set the press@twitter.com email address to auto-respond with a poop emoji, after it had largely ignored queries from journalists in the previous months.