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Twitter Is Making Its Blue Check Available to Everyone: Live Updates RIGHT NOW Source: Factset Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. The company’s process for verifying accounts has been opaque.Credit.Laura Morton for The New York Times Twitter said Thursday that it would begin allowing users to apply for verification, giving new hope to those who have spent years coveting the blue check mark that denotes some level of social media clout. Representatives from governments, companies and news organizations are already eligible to be verified, along with athletes, entertainers and activists. Twitter will slowly offer the application form to other users over the coming weeks so it is not deluged with requests. To be eligible, users in those categories must confirm their email addresses or phone numbers and should not have recently violated Twitter rules, a spokeswoman said. ....