NEW DELHI: The blue tick on the personal Twitter handle of Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu, @MVenkaiahNaidu has been restored, hours after it was withdrawn.
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 was in the process of restoring the verification badge. The last tweet posted from the personal handle was on July 23 last year. Account inactive since July 2020. As per our verification policy, Twitter may remove blue verified badge & verified status if account becomes inactive. Badge has been restored, said a Twitter spokesperson on the incident.
Twitter removes blue badge from Vice President Venkaiah Naidu s personal account
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Last Updated: Jun 05, 2021, 09:47 AM IST
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According to Twitter, the blue verified badge on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic. To receive the blue badge, your account must be authentic, notable, and active.
In an incident that shows that Twitter can withdraw the blue verified badge against any verified account irrespective of the importance of the position of the account holder, the social media platform removed the blue badge from the personal Twitter handle of Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu, @MVenkaiahNaidu, on Saturday.
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