Twitter will reintroduce the blue tick profile verification system
Twitter has confirmed that it will relaunch its verification system (the blue tick) after the reliable reverse engineering ofJane Manchun Wonguncovered evidence of it in a future build of the desktop version of the app:
Twitter is working on “Request Verification” 👀
(I’m not Twitter employee. I’m not tech support)pic.twitter.com/ED58QsD7kM
TechCrunchreported that Twitter had confirmed the evidence was correct. Users will, as before, have to go through a step by step process to request verification. This places a blue tick on a Twitter profile to verify the person or organisation is who they say they are.
Twitter has clearly taken its time to rehaul the process ever since it all but suspended it in 2017 after the company was criticised forverifying a prominent white supremacist.
Though the verification form was taken down from the site for anyone to use, Twitter continued to verify prominent political figures and others through undisclosed systems. It also verified prominent health officials and authorities during the coronavirus pandemic, showing that when it wants to, the blue tick can be useful to the public. It also stops prominent figures from being impersonated, and gives those with a tick better management of their potentially overwhelming notification situation.
Twitter has not said when the system will be officially reinstated but expect it to happen soon.
Author: Henry Burrell, Contributor
Previously Tech Advisor’s Phones Editor, Henry covers and reviews every smartphone worth knowing about. He spends a lot of time moving between different handsets and shouting at WhatsApp to support multiple devices at once.
