Twitter relaunches profile verification process
Twitter relaunches profile verification process
Twitter had stopped verifying accounts on November 16, 2017, following the outrage over the verification of the profile of a white supremacist.
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After three years, Twitter has reopened the profile verification process. The user will have to confirm his identity and provide various links to verify his identity and details related to his work.
Twitter had also shared that it will start removing badges from inactive accounts from January 22.
After three years, Twitter has reopened the profile verification process. Twitter had stopped verifying accounts on November 16, 2017 following the outrage over the verification of the profile of a white supremacist. However, now the portal is open for everyone to submit their verification requests. The micro-blogging site had opened a portal for feedback in December 2020 regarding the verification process.
Twitter Verification Is Back: What Does A Blue Tick Mean and Why Twitter Stopped in 2017
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Micro-blogging website Twitter recently restarted its verification procedure after it was halted for more than three years. Twitter restarted the blue tick verification on Friday, January 22 and detailed how prominent users can get a blue tick on their profile this time around. The Twitter blue tick has been a point of contention among the company and its users since a while, even before Twitter halted the verification program on November 17. In this article, we will look at who all are eligible for a blue tick now, what exactly is the meaning of the much sought-after blue tick, and why Twitter halted the program back in 2017.
Twitter relaunches profile verification process
Twitter had stopped verifying accounts on November 16, 2017, following the outrage over the verification of the profile of a white supremacist.
Ankita Chakravarti | January 23, 2021 | Updated 17:25 IST
Highlights
After three years, Twitter has reopened the profile verification process. The user will have to confirm his identity and provide various links to verify his identity and details related to his work.
Twitter had also shared that it will start removing badges from inactive accounts from January 22.
After three years, Twitter has reopened the profile verification process. Twitter had stopped verifying accounts on November 16, 2017 following the outrage over the verification of the profile of a white supremacist. However, now the portal is open for everyone to submit their verification requests. The micro-blogging site had opened a portal for feedback in December 2020 regarding the verification process.