As revealed in November last year, Twitter has now finally restarted its public account verification program. Going forward, Twitter users can apply to get verified on the platform, presumably without much hassle.
To be eligible for getting verified on Twitter, you should fit in one of these six categories: government, companies, brands and organizations, news organizations and journalists, entertainment, sports and gaming, activists, organizers, and other influential individuals. In addition, you should satisfy the eligibility criteria detailed in the company’s verification policy for the respective category.
Twitter says users will see the new verification application in the Account Settings tab over the next few weeks. Since it is getting a gradual rollout, you may not immediately see the option on your Twitter account. Here’s how the verification application process looks like: Image: Twitter
Twitter has plans to expand the eligible categories to include scientists, academics, and religious leaders later this year. In the same blog post, the company also revealed the upcoming rollout of a way to denote account type on automated accounts and memorialized accounts in the next few months.
