Twitter to use gray checkmark  ‘Official’ label for verified accounts

Twitter to use gray checkmark and ‘Official’ label for accounts that are actually verified

By: Sohail Akhter Image Credit: Google

Twitter acknowledging some of the issues Anyone can get their account verified by paying $8 dollars.

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The company said that in addition to this blue tick, an "official" label will also be given which will be in gray color.

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Announced by Esther Crawford on Twitter, who is taking charge of the company’s plans to revamp its Twitter Blue subscription service.

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But this "official" label will be given to the selected account.

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The "official" label will be assigned to an account that is "government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers and some public figures."

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But no instruction has been given for how to apply it.

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but the company says that “not all previously verified accounts” will get this label.

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