Fake accounts claiming to be big brands have popped up with blue checks since the new roll-out, including from Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX. , photo credit: Reuters
Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk said on November 13 that Twitter will soon enable organizations to identify Twitter accounts linked to them as new Twitter owners explore ways to limit fake accounts on the platform.
“Coming soon,” Musk said in a tweet on Sunday. “Twitter will enable organizations to identify exactly which other Twitter accounts are linked to them.”
He did not elaborate.
The social media platform recently announced its ban on $8 Blue Check Membership Service On Friday, after a surge of fake accounts, and new owner Elon Musk, brought back the “official” badge for some users of the social media platform.
Fake accounts claiming to be big brands have surfaced with blue checks since the new roll-out including Mr Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX as well as Roblox, Nestle and Lockheed Martin.
Mr Musk said in a tweet yesterday that twitter blue Maybe “will be back at the end of next week”.
Twitter Inc’s new owner Elon Musk raised the prospect of bankruptcy for the social media platform on Thursday, a day after its trust and security leaders exited the company.
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Twitter has furloughed 4,400 of its 5,500 contract workers, with cuts expected to have a significant impact on content moderation and core infrastructure services, tweeted Casey Newton, a reporter at tech publication Platformer on Sunday.
Twitter did not immediately respond Reuters‘Request for comment.