Twitter has paused its verification system after mistakenly verifying a number of fake accounts. At the same time the platform was giving bots the coveted blue checkmark of verification, conservatives facing fake copycats were not granted the same privilege.
According to a recent report, Twitter is developing a new system for requesting verification on the platform. The company has been inconsistent with both its policies to gain the “blue check” of verification as well as its policies to remove verification. In one instance this year, Twitter verified a fake candidate, providing the hoax account with a level of respectability.
A transgender model who was fired from her job at L’Oreal following a racist rant against white people has been verified on Twitter.
Twitter will start sanctioning users for their offline behavior starting Saturday, according to a report.
Following an update to Twitter’s terms of service, a number of conservative users have been de-verified and banned from the social media platform.
Several popular conservative Twitter accounts have been stripped of their account verification, including anti-Islam activist and commentator Tommy Robinson, and commentator Laura Loomer.
Twitter has temporarily stopped the process of user verification after facing accusations of politicizing the process.
According to a recent report, social media influencers and business owners are allegedly paying thousands to receive Instagram verification.
The Obama administration has caved on demands that Iran disclose the details of its past nuclear work, without which verification of its compliance with a future deal is impossible.
