Twitter is finally allowing you to reapply for your blue badge, though the company has revamped the categories. Over the next few weeks, the microblogging platform says it will begin rolling out the new verification application process and reviewing public applications for verification.

For those who are unaware, the blue tick is one of the ways to distinguish the authenticity of Twitter accounts. Any Twitter account that has been verified has a blue tick mark next to the user's name. With the relaunch of Twitter verification, however, the company has also introduced new guidelines for verified accounts on the platform.

According to the company, users who apply for a verified badge should not have had any 12-hour or 7-day lockouts for violating Twitter rules in the previous 12 months. Accounts that are not eligible for the verified badge include parody, newsfeed, commentary, and unofficial fan accounts, pets and fictional characters, accounts associated with coordinated harmful activity/hateful content, and accounts that have violated our platform manipulation & spam policy.

Who is eligible for the Twitter verified badge?

Users who can apply for the blue tick should fall into one of six categories, according to Twitter: government, companies, brands, and organizations, news organizations and journalists, entertainment, sports, and gaming, and activists, organizers, and other influential individuals.

Furthermore, the company clarifies that users will not receive the blue tick if they only fall into one of the six categories listed above. To be eligible for a blue badge, users' accounts must be authentic, notable, and active.

Some of the most basic requirements are an account that is complete with information and has been active within the last six months.

According to Twitter, those who apply for the blue tick must have an account with a profile name and image, have logged in within the last six months, and have a confirmed email address or phone number.

Notably, Twitter also states that verified accounts that violate the Twitter Rules on a regular basis will have their blue tick removed.

Those who want to apply for the verified badge on Twitter can do so once every 30 days, which means that if your application is rejected, you can reapply 30 days later.

When can you expect to hear back about your verification application? According to Twitter, it could take up to a few weeks to review.

"Each eligible application is reviewed by a human to ensure that all of your application materials are carefully and thoroughly reviewed.

If our queue grows to the point where we are unable to meet this review deadline, we may suspend accepting new applications until we have cleared our backlog "Twitter clarifies the situation.

When it comes to submitting an ID to be verified on Twitter, the platform states that users will need to submit a government-issued ID as one method of identification.

Users can also link to an official website by referencing their Twitter account or an official email address. They can submit the author profile link to Twitter, just like journalists, so that Twitter can verify that the account applying for the verified badge belongs to a known entity.

According to Bloomberg, there are approximately 3,60,000 verified Twitter accounts, according to Twitter's B Byrne, a product manager focused on the verification process. One way to confirm this is to look at the follower count of the Twitter Verified account, which follows all of the verified accounts, which currently stands at 361,000.

Twitter's verification process is resuming after a nearly four-year hiatus. In November 2017, the microblogging platform suspended the verification process. The verification program began in 2009, but it had only one goal at the time: to protect eminent people from impersonation. However, the company has grown and is no longer solely focused on celebrities or eminent personalities.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is silent after the Twitter handles of the world's most powerful celebrities were hacked on Wednesday. Hackers have hacked into the Twitter accounts of bigwigs such as Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Joey Widen and openly exposed cryptocurrency scams. Similar tweets have been leaked from the Twitter accounts of big companies like Apple and Uber.

When Twitter gained control of the affected account, it did not take long for it to snatch it back from the attacker. The company then took a big step to control the situation. He disabled a large part of his service. Dorsey's response came four hours after the attack began. He was the one who delayed the information to be spread at the speed of light.

"Twitter's hostile days," Dorsey wrote on Twitter, "are terrified of what happened." The worst event in any company's history is a sign of bad times. But Dorsey, who has made a name for himself in Silicon Valley, has reacted weakly in challenging moments. Twitter's role now raises questions about her role in shaping public debate and Dorsey's ability to handle the company.

The United States is on the verge of a presidential election. At this time, everyone is focused on the security and integration of social media. Dorsey has already caused a stir on Twitter by labelling President Donald Trump's tweet as misleading. After that move, Jack Dorsey's stance is different from that of Mark Zuckerberg. Dorsey seems to have been deified by the Progressives and demonized by the Conservatives.

Even on Twitter, Dorsey is facing a series of internal struggles. Activist fund Elliott Management, which had a large stake in Twitter last year, asked Dorsey to focus on Twitter or resign. Twitter asked Dorsey to resign as CEO of Twitter or Square Company. Elliott himself left the company last March to get rid of Dorsey. But due to time bidding, Elliott's presence is still on the company's board.

Elliott Management declined to comment on the hack. Even Twitter has refused to respond to Dorsey's leadership and has decided not to send him to any interviews. Twitter has said that the hacker may have hacked from the employees who have access to the internal tools of the company. About 130 accounts were targeted. The FBI is investigating.

But the hacked incident could put pressure on Dorsey to pay attention to Twitter. His role has always been weak, says David Yofi, a professor of business administration at Harvard University. It is considered very sensitive to play the role of CEO in two organizations. This incident, which took place due to his distraction, has caused a great deal of damage to his reputation.

Dorsey had previously defended his dual role on Twitter and Square, saying his schedule was flexible to focus on important work. Although Dorsey has enough support on the board, Wednesday's incident will at least force the company's directors to make changes.

But the good news for Dorsey is that CEOs of Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon have been called to Antitrust's judicial subcommittee for clarification. But Twitter, which has not yet received criticism from Antitrust, should not be present at the subcommittee.

He can therefore avoid questions of integrity, political bias and platform security. He has already attended some such hearings two years ago. For Wednesday's incident, he would not have to attend any such hearing or explanation.

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The digital ministry filed legal complaints with cybercrime police after the two social media companies missed 15-day deadlines to comply fully with court-issued takedown orders from Aug. 27, the digital minister, Puttipong Punnakanta, said.

No action was taken against Alphabet's Google GOOGL.O as originally suggested, as it took down all the YouTube videos specified in the order late on Wednesday, Puttipong said.

“This is the first time we’re using the Computer Crime Act to take action against platforms for not complying with court orders,” Puttipong told reporters.

“Unless the companies send their representatives to negotiate, police can bring criminal cases against them. But if they do, and acknowledge the wrongdoing, we can settle on fines.”

He did not disclose details of the content or say what laws it had violated. The complaints were against the U.S. parent companies and not their Thai subsidiaries, he said.

The ministry will file more such takedown requests to Facebook, Twitter, and Google, asking them to remove more than 3,000 items from their platforms, with content ranging from pornography to criticism of the monarchy, Puttipong said.

Twitter declined to comment, while Facebook and Google did not respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

Thailand has a tough lese majeste law that prohibits insulting the monarchy. The Computer Crime Act, which outlaws the uploading of information that is false or affects national security, has also been used to prosecute online criticism of the royal family.

In recent years, authorities have filed court orders with requests to social media platforms to restrict or remove perceived royal insults and other illegal content like gambling or copyright violations.

Under the Act, ignoring a court order can result in a fine of up to 200,000 baht ($6,347), then 5,000 baht ($159) per day until the order is observed.

The ministry also filed separate cybercrime complaints against five people who it said criticized the monarchy on Facebook and Twitter during a major anti-government demonstration at the weekend, Puttipong said.

source: Reuters

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A new feature is unveiled by Twitter Inc on its mobile app. These new features enable users to share tweets from Twitter directly to Snapchat, Snap Inc's photo messaging app. This feature is thought to increase cross-media engagement in order to attract and gain more users. 

This feature is already rolled out for iOS users whereas it plans to roll out soon for Android users. So, users on the iOS platform can now send tweets as individual messages on Snapchat or post tweets by tapping on the share icon. 

Twitter says it is soon going to start testing a similar feature for stories on Instagram, Facebook Inc's app for a small group of iOS users. 

Source: Reuters

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