Twitter pauses 'official' labels on select Accounts

Twitter on Thursday announced that it is not putting the Official label on the accounts even though it is still going after impersonation and deceptionA tweet from the Twitter Support account read Were not currently putting an Official label on accounts but we are aggressively going after impersonation and deceptionTwitters executive Esther Crawford also informed why the Official label is being usedA lot of folks have asked about how youll be able to distinguish between TwitterBlue subscribers with blue checkmarks and accounts that are verified as official which is why were introducing the Official label to select accounts when we launch she tweetedEarlier Twitter started labelling Indian government handles and Indian media as official ahead of the rollout of blue tick subscriptions across the countryIn the Twitter handles of various Indian government organizations the official label was noticed For example Prime Ministers Office Prime Minister Narendra Modis official Twitter account and Defence Minister Rajnath Singhs Twitter account also have the official labelThis follows Twitters decision to roll out a second verification label to limit confusion between legitimate accounts and those that pay for their blue ticksTwitters executive Esther Crawford said verified accounts will now come with an Official label beneath their username complete with a grey verification checkmark New York Post reportedNot all previously verified accounts will get the Official label and the label is not available for purchase New York Post quoted Crawford as sayingOfficial pages will be designated for government accounts commercial companies business partners major media outlets publishers and some public figures she addedSince completing the Twitter deal the wealthiest man on the planet has made a flurry of decisions impacting the working of the social media giant that has millions of daily active usersA Reuters report said Elon Musks net worth has dropped below USD 200 billion as investors dumped Teslas shares on fears that the top executive and largest shareholder of the worlds most valuable electricvehicle maker is more preoccupied with TwitterSo far this year data showed that Tesla shares have declined over 50 per centThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever