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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]
Twitter is ending a verification system that gave blue check marks to accounts it had determined were authentic and in the public interest, the company said Thursday.
Twitter has confirmed it has delayed the rollout of its updated Twitter Blue subscription, which will allow people to pay to be verified on the site, until after the US midterm elections on Tuesday.
People who paid for Twitter verification and canceled have kept their check marks. Their stories add to the chaotic portrait of Elon Musk's latest roll-out.
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 ...
Elon is correct that the current verification system is broken, but charging for it would make it worse, not better. Twitter verification has always been a mess. Charging $8 a month won’t fix it.