Elon Musk says Twitter will manually confirm accounts once more

Elon Musk says that Twitter’s verify mark program might return on Friday, December 2nd, with a brand new process to confirm particular person identities with a view to resolve impersonation points. Musk described the brand new handbook authentication course of as “painful, but necessary.” Verified verify marks may also be expanded with extra colours — gold for firms, gray for the federal government, and the unique blue for particular person accounts.

Musk had beforehand mentioned that Twitter “will most likely use different color check for organizations than individuals,” although that is the primary time he’s supplied particulars. “All verified particular person people could have [the] similar blue verify, as boundary of what constitutes ‘notable’ is in any other case too subjective,” Musk said in a tweet. “People can have [a] secondary tiny brand displaying they belong to an org if verified as such by that org.”

The Twitter CEO says he’ll provide an extended rationalization about how every part will work sooner or later subsequent week.