Twitter to introduce 'Official' label for some verified accounts - Reuters

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's societal media level Twitter volition present an "Official" statement for prime verified accounts including large media outlets and governments erstwhile it launches its caller $8 premium subscription product, its aboriginal signifier products enforcement Esther Crawford said connected Tuesday.

Crawford besides confirmed that the revamped Twitter Blue subscription product, which volition let paid users to transportation bluish cheque marks connected their accounts, volition not really verify users' identities.

The deficiency of ID verification is apt to rise concerns astir the anticipation of radical impersonating nationalist figures.

Already, specified concerns person caused Twitter to clasp disconnected connected launching the caller mentation of Twitter Blue until aft the U.S. midterm elections connected Tuesday, tweeted Yoel Roth, Twitter's caput of information and integrity.

Fake accounts for authorities officials are a recurring contented for Twitter globally, according to sources acquainted with the substance and researchers.

Not each Twitter accounts that were antecedently verified with a bluish cheque people volition get the "Official" statement and the statement is not disposable for purchase, Crawford said.

Accounts that volition person the authoritative statement see governments, commercialized companies, concern partners, large media outlets, publishers and immoderate different nationalist figures, she tweeted.

The instauration of a caller statement alongside the existing cheque marks "creates a confusing system" wherever some, but not all, antecedently verified accounts volition beryllium deemed official, said Jason Goldman, a erstwhile Twitter committee subordinate who served arsenic caput of merchandise successful its aboriginal years.

"It's a implicit mess," helium said.

The authoritative statement comes aft an interior propulsion by Twitter argumentation executives, who had beardown concerns astir authorities officials astir the satellite being improbable and unwilling to wage for verified cheque marks, 1 root with cognition of the substance told Reuters.

Twitter, which has mislaid galore members of its connection team, did not respond to a petition for further comment.

Crawford added connected Tuesday that Twitter volition "continue to experimentation with ways to differentiate betwixt relationship types."

Reporting by Eva Mathews successful Bengaluru, Fanny Potkin successful Edmonton, Canada and Sheila Dang successful Dallas; Editing by Josie Kao and Stephen Coates

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