Twitter briefly removed the verified blue badge, aka blue tick, from the personal account of Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday. It resulted in outrage from a large number of people. Some of them also alleged it was a biased decision. However, the move was due to Twitter’s policies.
Twitter on Saturday removed and later restored the verified blue tick on the personal account of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. Officials of the Vice President Secretariat said the personal Twitter handle of Naidu @MVenkaiahNaidu was inactive for a long time and the Twitter algorithm removed the blue badge. They said Twitter was in the process of restoring the verification badge. The last tweet posted from the personal handle was on July 23 last year. The officials said Twitter was contacted after they noticed this morning that the blue tick was removed. Before 10.30 am, the blue tick badge was restored, they said.
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Twitter Blue Badge service now rolled out.
Twitter has resumed the blue badge verification process for its users after a brief pause, as it has been inundated with verification requests. On May 29, the micro-blogging platform abruptly paused its new verification application process within a week of its launch, saying it was rolling in verifications requests that have reached it. However, the good news is that you can apply to get verified again on Twitter now.Â
In a tweet, Twitter said, Requests are open! Sorry about that pause ââ now you can get back to your quest for a blue badge. Â
Read more about Twitter resumes verification application process: How to apply on Business Standard. The verification was opened for profiles belonging to only six categories