Twitter Appears To Remove Blue Check Marks From Taliban Authorities

Twitter appears to have removed verified check marks that were attached to Taliban accounts purchased them.

Twitter was a social media platform that provided only the information. “verified” Groups that were marked with marks “active, notable and authentic accounts of public interest,” According to The Guardian. However, Elon Musk’s new plan has been to allow people to pay money for the check marks. The Twitter Blue verification system costs $8 per month. An additional $11 will be charged to those who use the Apple social media app. 

It’s a way to. “get priority ranking in search, mentions, and replies to help lower the visibility of scams, spam and bots,” According to Twitter.

Twitter, too clarifies A blue check could be interpreted as “the account has an active subscription to the new Twitter Blue subscription service and has met our eligibility criteria,” Or “the account was previously verified under the legacy verification criteria.”

Re-installation of the system was possible.launched The first introduction failed in December after people attempted to pretend to be political figures or organizations. Musk then paused the verification plan in order to make sure that such issues wouldn’t come up again in the future. 

As of Monday, the accounts for the leader of the Taliban’s department for “access to information,” Hedayatullah Hedayat and Abdul Haq Hammad, the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture’s media watchdog, had each blue marks. The verification markers were also used by four other key backers of the terrorist organization. Last month, Hammad’s blue check mark was taken off, local media reportedly noted, but it was back. 

BBC reported The Taliban members were using the verification method to buy it. Also, the terrorist group took control of verified Twitter accounts previously used by the previous administration. 

Twitter seemed to have stopped offering blue check subscriptions to Taliban members following the publication of the report. On Tuesday, Hedayat’s and Hammad’s Twitter accounts didn’t have the blue check marks anymore. It wasn’t entirely obvious what had caused the blue check marks to no longer be on the accounts.

Musk has made it a point to keep some users off the platform while allowing others to return to the platform after he assumed control. Babylon Bee was kicked It is a platform that allows you to make the jokes about its existence. “Man Of The Year” Rachel Levine, a biological man who is the U.S. Secretary for Health at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was awarded the award.

Twitter stated at the time that it was referring to The Babylon Bee. “The account you referenced has been temporarily locked for violating our hateful conduct policy. The account owner is required to delete the violative Tweet before regaining access to their account.”

Musk replaced the Bablyon Bee on Twitter.

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