You may have noticed that some Twitter accounts display a blue "Verified Badge” on their Twitter bio, like so:
Verification is currently used to establish authenticity of identities on Twitter. The goal of this program is to limit user confusion by making it easier to identify authentic accounts on Twitter.
Any account with a Verified Badge is a Verified Account. Twitter uses this to establish authenticity of well known accounts so users can trust that a legitimate source is authoring their Tweets.
Verification is used to establish authenticity for accounts who deal with identity confusion regularly on Twitter. Verified Accounts must be public and actively tweeting.
This program is currently closed to the public. This means we are not able to accept public requests for verification.
Twitter's public beta version of account verification is no longer available. After a long period of manual testing, we've closed public applications. We have removed our public-facing verification request form. In the meantime, we're still verifying some trusted sources, such as our advertisers and partners. If you're one of our partners or advertisers, please follow up with your account manager for details.
Linking to your Twitter profile from an official website is the easiest way to confirm your identity to your followers. Click here to learn how to do this. (For example, The New York Times links to reporters’ Twitter profiles on their official website.) You can find a variety of free buttons and widgets in the goodies section, which are used to publicize your Twitter presence across official web pages you own. You may even be interested in the Tweet Button, which encourages your web audience to post Tweets about the content of your site.
If impersonation is a problem for you on Twitter, please file a ticket here. (This will not result in verification.)
For security reasons, changes made to your profile, specifically your username, email address, or website, result in the loss of the badge. We check regularly for lost badges and reinstate them constantly. No need to write in, we’ll see them automatically!
Check out Why Wasn't My Account Verified for more information.
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