Twitter moved on Friday to curb fake accounts that have proliferated since Elon Musk's takeover.
Twitter's move to suspend a new paid checkmark system and reintroduce an 'official' badge, was part of attempts to tamp down fake accounts which had proliferated since Elon Musk's takeoverTwitter moved on Friday to curb fake accounts that have proliferated since Elon Musk's takeover, suspending sign-ups for a new paid checkmark system and reinstating a gray"official" badge on some accounts.
The @TwitterSupport account tweeted early Friday that a gray checkmark indicating an"official" account was coming back, only days after it was introduced -- then almost immediately scrapped.The rollout of the label appeared inconsistent: it appeared briefly then disappeared from the network's own account, @Twitter.
An internal memo for Twitter staff, obtained by US media including The Washington Post, confirmed the feature had been temporarily disabled to"help address impersonation issues." But accounts impersonating public figures and businesses had continued to spread -- with NBA star LeBron James and former British prime minister Tony Blair among those targeted.
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