Twitter has reopened the public application process for its verification program after suspending it in 2017. The company introduced new guidelines and policies for the application as well.
Twitter accounts with public interest used to have a mark of authenticity with the platform’s blue badge, bestowed upon eligible users through its verification program. In 2017, however, that program was suspended after Twitter decided to reconsider it over allegations that it represented an endorsement from the company. What sparked that issue was when Jason Kessler, the organizer of the ‘Unite the Right’ protests in Charlottesville, received the verification checkmark.
