Twitter To ‘Manually Authenticate’ Checked Accounts Under New Program, Musk Says
Do-Over
After repeated disasters, billionaire says Twitter will provide multicolored checks to distinguish corporations, government accounts, and individuals—and get it right this time.
Twitter will roll out a new ‘Verified’ service in one week, Elon Musk announced on his social media site—promising varying-colored badges for different kinds of accounts and that accounts with a vaunted checkmark next to their name will be “manually authenticated” by company staff.