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Twitter warns it may strip users of their 'verified' status as it rethinks who deserves the blue badge (TWTR)

Twitter is reviewing all of its verified accounts and plans to remove verification from accounts that don't adhere to its new rules.

  • Twitter is reviewing all of its verified accounts and plans to remove verification from accounts that don't adhere to its new rules.
  • Verified badges won't be given to any accounts until Twitter completely revamps its verification program.
  • The company was met with backlash recently for verifying the organizer of August's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Twitter said Wednesday that it was conducting a wide-sweeping review of its verified accounts with the goal of removing verification from accounts that don't adhere to its new policies.

The move follows recent backlash Twitter received for awarding its coveted blue "verified" badge to the organizer of August's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Twitter stopped verifying accounts altogether in response to the outcry.

"Verification has long been perceived as an endorsement," Twitter said in a series of tweets on Wednesday. "This perception became worse when we opened up verification for public submissions and verified people who we in no way endorse."

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Other accounts that appeared to have lost their checkmarks on Wednesday included known white nationalist Richard Spencer and the organizer of

By clamping down on verified accounts, Twitter is attempting to stymie the mounting criticism it's historically faced for not effectively combating abuse and hate speech on its network.

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