Elon Musk unveils Twitter verification program with totally different coloured examine marks

Twitter’s verification program will get a brand new look with totally different coloured examine marks.

The social media platform’s new CEO, Elon Musk, stated early Friday morning that firms, governments, and other people would every obtain totally different colours subsequent to their verified account names.

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“Gold examine for firms, gray examine for presidency, blue for people (movie star or not) and all verified accounts shall be manually authenticated earlier than examine prompts,” Musk stated.

Musk famous the launch of Twitter’s new verification program is tentatively deliberate for subsequent Friday.

“Painful, however needed,” the CEO added.

Musk additionally promised a “longer clarification subsequent week," including that sure accounts could characteristic multiple examine mark.

Earlier this month, Musk outlined his imaginative and prescient for a brand new model of Twitter Blue, a verification service out there to customers for $8 a month.

Twitter additionally applied an “official” tag labeling media or authorities accounts as being genuine on Nov. 9. Musk did away with the brand new operate after just a few hours, claiming it created a “two-tiered system.”

Nonetheless, a few days later, the social media platform reimplemented the tag following a number of faux accounts posing as different firms.