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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.

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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.

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