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    Twitter Revising on How Users Get Verification Badges

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    By Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi on June 9, 2020 Apps, Internet, Report, Social Media, Twitter

    Twitter verification is one of those tiny things people usually like to set them apart from “commoners”. Soon you might be able to actually request verification and boost your social standing (it’s kind of funny that the world works this way, but hey I don’t make the rules). According to a tweet by reverse engineer and online sleuth Jane Manchun Wong. She discovered a “request verification” field in the Twitter app in the “personal information” section of the app’s settings.

    Twitter confirmed Wong’s tweet but declined to comment further. The company’s help page still says its verified account program is on hold, and “we are not accepting any new requests at this time,” however. So it’s not clear when Twitter may reopen verification to users or what the new process may entail.

    https://twitter.com/wongmjane/status/1269586202606235648

    Twitter used to add a blue check next to the names of accounts it had verified as authentic, and that were “of public interest.” Although Twitter originally stated that a verified badge did not imply a formal endorsement by the company, it has since acknowledged that there was some confusion over the purpose of the badge and what it represents.

    The verification process was paused in 2017 after widespread outcry over the company’s decision to give a blue check to a white supremacist who tweeted disparaging comments about Heather Heyer, a woman killed during the 2017 Charlottesville rally.

    Verification was meant to authenticate identity & voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement or an indicator of importance. We recognize that we have created this confusion and need to resolve it. We have paused all general verifications while we work and will report back soon

    — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 9, 2017

    Twitter said in 2018 it didn’t have the bandwidth to continue work on the verification system, and instead shifted focus to election integrity. It attempted to verify candidates on primary ballots and elected officials but with mixed results. And earlier this year, Twitter started granting blue checks to public health officials to give authenticity to their tweets about COVID-19.

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    Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi has been covering blockchain technology, intelligent technologies, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, telecommunications technology, sustainability, autonomous vehicles, and other topics for Innovation Village since 2017. In the years since, he has published over 4,000 articles — a mix of breaking news, reviews, helpful how-tos, industry analysis, and more. | Open DM on Twitter @TapiwaMutisi

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