Twitter 'Official' Tick Starts Appearing on Verified s in India 2h2s6s Original Blue Ticks Still Visible For Now

The new badge is currently displayed below the original 'verified' blue tick on s' profiles. 2h4v6k

Written by Jamshed Avari | Updated: 9 November 2022 22:42 IST

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Twitter Blue will reportedly soon be available in India
s pointed out potential for fraud and impersonation by subscribers
It is not yet clear who qualifies for the new 'Official' tick badge

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Twitter has started displaying a new tick badge with the word 'Official' on the recognised Twitter s of news sources and public figures in India. Gadgets 360 has received its own tick, as has Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The previous "blue tick" badge, indicating that an has been verified, are also still shown, for now. Twitter recently caused a storm for changing the way its widely recognised blue ticks work – instead of signifying that an has been verified by Twitter as belonging to a noteworthy institution or individual, they are now given to all people who subscribe to Twitter Blue, the company's paid offering. 5o2y62

Update: The check marks have disappeared from all s, with Elon Musk saying "I just killed it" in response to a tweet from tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee, who had just received an 'Official' mark of his own. It is not immediately clear whether the rollout was premature, or yet another change will be implemented in response to confusion. The original story follows:

One of the Twitter Blue to multiple countries including India before the end of November, and that prices will be adjusted in keeping with purchasing power parity.

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Twitter Blue subscribers will also be promoted higher in search results, reply threads and trending topic lists. This will result in the amplification of paid voices, which Musk is hoping will drive adoption of the subscription service. However, critics quickly noted that this defeats the purpose of verification, allowing anyone who pays for Twitter Blue to appear to be a verified . This also led to a spate of deliberate attempts to impersonate celebrities including Musk, who soon clarified that parody s need to be marked as such explicitly in their names, or risk permanent suspension from the platform.

Twitter's solution to this appears to be the introduction of a second checkmark with the word 'Official', which has now begun appearing below the 's handle and name on profile pages and in search results. It is not yet clear how Twitter will decide which s qualify for this badge, and whether everyone who was previously eligible for verification will be able to get one.

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