Twitter Verification

The Tale of Ticks: What’s the grey checkmark that Twitter introduced, then killed? What happens to the blue?

Twitter rolled out an ‘official label’, a grey tick, for selected verified accounts only before it was ‘killed’ by Elon Musk hours later. It’s gone for now but not for good. Meanwhile, Twitter Blue comes with changes of its own

Elon Musk turns 'Memestar', defends his Twitter $8 ‘Blue Tick’ plan by sharing memes

In a twitter post Musk shared a meme that shows people are okay with paying $8 for Starbucks coffee, but are not willing to pay for the Twitter Blue Tick for the same amount of money. He also implied in the post that the coffee gets over in just 30 minutes, but the Blue Tick will remain for 30 days

Twitter halts verification programme, no new applications to be reviewed until further notice

Twitter has paused its verification programme after admitting it had discovered several fake accounts from a bigger botnet, which were wrongly verified.

Twitter relaunches profile verification process: Who's eligible, how to apply, more

Twitter has also launched a new policy for verification, based on public feedback, to make verification eligibility criteria more clear.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Twitter rejigs verification process to boost more accounts belonging to health experts to curb misinformation

In an attempt to combat misinformation on coronavirus, Twitter is aiming to make it easier for health experts to get verified on the social media site

Twitter's verification badge process put on hold to focus on election integrity

As elections are approaching in US, updating the verification program isn’t Twitter's top priority.

Twitter to pause blue tick verification for some time, says it is being interpreted falsely and needs work

The micro-blogging website believes that the blue badge is being used for endorsements and to imply one's importance, which according to them is contrary to its intention.