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The US-based platform has now formed six categories of people who will get the verification tag, provided they meet the company’s criteria.
This includes government, companies, brands and organizations, news organizations and journalists, entertainment, sports and gaming and activists, organizers, and other influential individuals.
Twitter said it was also working to add categories such as those for scientists, academicians, and religious leaders.
The company has been doing research on automated accounts and plans to introduce a way to denote this account type in the next few months along with launching other features. The application for verification can now be submitted from within the Twitter app itself, it said.