Snopes has to update this article now:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-implementing-user-fees/
Here's Time article about Meta Verified:
https://time.com/6256881/meta-facebook-insta-subscription/

Essentially they'll ask for money so you can give them your ID!
They serve it as to make sure the authenticity of their users, they are those whomster they say they are. Are they preparing for the AI fake user menace?!
They test it on the penal colony. I wonder who would pay for it on the Hungary.