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Twitter verification is a system intended to communicate the authenticity of a Twitter account. [1] Since November 2022, Twitter users whose accounts are at least 90 days old and have a verified phone number receive verification upon subscribing to X Premium or Verified Organizations; this status persists as long as the subscription remains active.
Twitter subsequently stopped distinguishing Twitter Blue subscribers from legacy verified accounts on April 2. [59] On April 19, the Twitter Verified account tweeted that, on April 20, legacy verified checkmarks would disappear, in apparent reference to the cannabis slang number 420; Musk had previously tweeted about the April 20 date on April 11.
Account verification was introduced by Twitter in June 2009, [1] [2] [3] initially as a feature for public figures and accounts of interest, individuals in "music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, sports, business and other key interest areas". [4]
Pretty soon, previously verified Twitter accounts will lose their checkmarks unless they start paying for it. The website has announced that it will "begin winding down [its] legacy verified ...
Twitter has again changed how it describes blue tick badges, effectively stripping its whole verification system of the last shred of meaning it still had.Late last month, Twitter announced it ...
Getting verified is a status symbol on Jack Dorsey’s social media site, but the scams that are being left unchecked, so to speak, ... A fraudulent Twitter account is making the rounds in the ...
In July 2016, Twitter announced a public application process to grant verified status to an account "if it is determined to be of public interest" and that verification "does not imply an endorsement". [302] [303] [304] Verified status allows access to some features unavailable to other users, such as only seeing mentions from other verified ...
Twitter's new "Chief Twit" Elon Musk is reportedly considering making verification a Twitter Blue feature, while simultaneously quadrupling the subscription service's cost. This would essentially ...