Twitter briefly drops blue tick from M Venkaiah Naidu's personal handle due to inactivity; status now restored

Twitter India on Saturday briefly removed the verified blue tick from the personal account of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. Officials of the Vice President Secretariat said the personal Twitter handle of Naidu @MVenkaiahNaidu was inactive for a long time and the Twitter algorithm removed the blue badge. They said Twitter has restored the verification badge after they were informed about the issue.

“The referenced account has been inactive since July 2020. As explained in the Twitter verification policy, Twitter may remove the blue verified badge and verified status if the account becomes inactive. The verified badge has now been restored,” Twitter told News18. The last tweet posted from the personal handle was on 23 July last year. The Vice President uses the official Twitter handle to send out tweets because of which his personal account has largely remained inactive.

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