Twitter has witnessed a number of controversial incidents over the past few days caused by a change in the registration system for user and corporate accounts.
These events began on the 20th. As modified by Elon Musk, when the platform began implementing the decision to remove old free verification codes from the accounts of people who did not subscribe to the (Twitter Blue) service because everyone who used the verification codes in their account had to subscribe to the Twitter Blue service, Which costs $8 per month.
However, the implementation of the new decision was not successful. Many celebrities have criticized the decision and refused to pay to keep the blue flag, as have many government agencies, public figures and groups including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico and (Fox Media). Media - Refused to pay to keep the check mark on their account.
In addition, users have launched a campaign (BlocktheBlue) to encourage the suspension of all accounts participating in the service (Twitter Blue), which was created to counter objections to forcing users to pay to keep a blue verification code.
In the face of criticism, Twitter reinstated the blue verification badge for all accounts with more than 1 million followers, making the badge once again available to celebrities, artists, athletes and public figures.
But besides the blue certification label, there is also a gold certification label and a gray certification label. What is the difference between these labels?
Here's what the different colors of the Twitter authentication labels mean:
First the blue tick:
Before Elon Musk took over the Twitter platform, a blue verification banner indicated that the account that received the banner had been verified as trustworthy by the platform, meaning the account belonged to the person or brand it represented, and informed users that they were concerned about their accounts. Real and not fake or fake accounts.
But as of April 20, registered accounts lost the free hash tag, except for accounts subscribed to Twitter Blue, which costs $8 per month.
As mentioned earlier, Twitter has brought back a blue verification badge for all accounts with more than 1 million followers, but if you click the blue badge on a verified Twitter account, a message will appear saying that the account has been verified because its owner signs up (Twitter Blue) and confirms their identity by signing in. His phone number in the account.
So unless the account holder himself is advertising like famous author Stephen King, you won't know if the account holder is subscribed to Twitter Blue or if the blue badge is there because he has over 1 million subscribers.
My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 20, 2023
My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t.
second; Gold test mark:
The Gold Verified logo is for companies and commercial entities where companies participating in the program (Twitter Verified Organization) receive the Gold Verified logo to indicate their participation in the program and in return they receive certain features such as: b: the profile account picture becomes square instead of the famous circular image of Twitter, in addition to Access to all features of the service (Twitter Blue), there is also the ability to add affiliate accounts, for example: employee accounts or related sub-brands.
Since it costs $1,000 per month to sign up in the US, it's unlikely that you'll come across a fake account with the gold verification stamp, but it's not impossible because the program's terms and conditions don't detail the verification process that actually took place. Twitter, there is no media relations team to answer our questions on this point.
third parties; gray label:
Gray certification marks indicate government officials, government accounts, or multilateral organizations such as the United Nations.
Twitter also used to use this label to verify media accounts, but now that policy has changed and the media has been awarded the company's gold label. Also, since April 21, the stickers identifying state-funded media have been missing.
In early April, the Twitter platform classified some international media such as the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), National Public Broadcasting Corporation (NPR), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as state-funded or state-affiliated, along with Russia's Network (RT) is located on a par with the Chinese news agency Xinhua.