SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter 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."In introducing the paid blue-check verification system, Musk had warned that Twitter would suspend fake accounts not clearly marked as parody.
US drugmaker Eli Lilly was forced to issue an apology Thursday after a fake account - stamped with a purchased blue tick - tweeted that insulin was to be made available for free.The turmoil at Twitter has raised concerns about the potential for serious damage, should nefarious actors successfully pose as official representatives of powerful companies or government entities.
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