There appear to be many unanswered questions in the run-up to Twitter’s new blue Verified badge, including how the platform will distinguish between the new Verified badge and accounts already designated as official with a blue check mark. The answer is relatively straightforward; when Twitter Blue launches, the service will give some accounts an “official” label.
Twitter’s Director of Product Management, Esther Crawford, announced that accounts with a blue checkmark would receive an official label letting users know that the account is, in fact, official. She also emphasized that official labels do not come with all accounts automatically and cannot be purchased. She specified that accounts belonging to “government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers, and some public figures” might be given the label. If you currently use Twitter, some of this information might be familiar to you.
Crawford clarified that “the new Twitter Blue does not include ID verification - it is an opt-in, paid subscription that offers a blue checkmark” regarding the service. Given that the previous check mark indicated that an account had been verified, this could end up being a problem for some users on the platform, if not the majority of them.
