Account verification

Links have always been an important part of Twitter’s ecosystem. But lately, links on X are sending people to different sites than what they’re clicking. A verified account on X recently posted a link to a legitimate Forbes article that took users to a Telegram account promoting a crypto scam.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetThis example, caught by security researcher Will Dormann this week, shows a link preview to “Forbes.com.” However, when you click the link, it takes you to “Crypto with Harry,” a Telegram account…

Twitter has applied temporary reading limits to address "extreme levels" of data scraping and system manipulation, Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday.Verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that the unverified accounts and new unverified accounts are limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts per day respectively. That comes after Twitter had announced that it will require users to have an account on the social media platform to view…

Breaking news: The U.S. Pentagon is NOT under attack. But that didn’t stop false reports of an explosion from circulating widely online along with a seemingly AI-generated image of billowing black smoke near the Department of Defense headquarters on Monday.How To Remove Followers From TwitterMultiple blue-check “verified” Twitter users re-posted the fake photo along with text insinuating an active emergency situation was ongoing at the Pentagon, and later the White House. Accounts amplifying the false narratives included…

Some European airlines are shifting their customer service support away from Twitter, telling passengers they will no longer be able to contact the support team through the app. Customers could previously contact the airline directly in the case of a problem or question related to their upcoming or canceled flight, but Twitter’s new conditions have pushed the airlines away from the platform.How To Remove Followers From Twitter“Since Twitter has changed their conditions, our customer service by direct message on this…

It’s time to say goodbye to inactive Twitter accounts, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday, in yet another apparent attempt to bring users back to the platform. The number of active Twitter accounts has been steadily decreasing since Musk took over the platform and made a number of unpopular changes including changing the feed’s algorithm and eliminating the blue checkmark from verified accounts that don’t pay $8 per month.Twitter Verification is a Hot MessMusk announced that inactive accounts will soon be no more,…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has changed the description on the platform’s verified checkmark labels once more. The labels now make no mention of Twitter Blue, the paid version of the social network. Blue subscribers have subjected to massive scorn, and altering the label may helpMusk avoid potential lawsuits from angry celebrities who want nothing to do with his blue checkmarks but who have received them anyway.Twitter Verification is a Hot MessThe change appears to have been implemented on Tuesday night, which is when it was…

Twitter owner Elon Musk has tried foisting checkmarks upon celebrity accounts in a bid to popularize his paid-for verification scheme. In this way, Musk and Twitter may have been going a little too fast with its push for Twitter Blue subscriptions, and it may have pissed off the indomitable House of Mouse in the process. Twitter Verification is a Hot MessOver the weekend, Twitter offered a gold checkmark to the account titled “Disney Junior UK.” Other Disney-brand accounts like the regular “Disney Junior” and “Disney”…

Twitter has likely only hidden legacy blue checkmarks instead of removing them as legacy verified accounts are showing up in the Verified tab in notifications. Image: Koshiro K (Shutterstock)After weeks of wondering when Elon Musk would remove legacy verification checkmarks from notable users, the announcement that it would happen on 4/20, Elon’s favorite number, actually seemed like a good bet. And like clockwork, early on Thursday afternoon, the legacy checksbegan to disappear, and reappear, and disappear again. Maybe…

After sparking a heated debate for saying he would take legacy blue checkmarks away from verified accounts beginning on April 1 if those users didn’t pay $8 for Twitter Blue, Twitter CEO Elon Musk backed away from his threat. To save face, though, Musk has simply made it harder to tell the difference between verified accounts and Twitter Blue subscribers.Twitter Verification is a Hot Mess“This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account,” reads a new message when you hover…

Last year, Elon Musk changed Twitter’s verified program from a quasi-signal that a user is notable to a pay-for-checkmark $8 free-for-all. Immediately, trolls and comedians seized on the opportunity, making verified fake accounts for politicians, reminding people of Chiquita Banana’s involvement in genocide, and arranging a pretend, but disgusting, conversation between Ben Shapiro and Ted Cruz.The most significant fallout, though, came with a tweet from a user pretending to be drug manufacturer Eli Lily. After the user…