Following several mistaken account verifications, Twitter has once again paused its verification program.
Twitter last week announced that it’s pausing its verification program again, much to the disappointment among users. The verification application process was previously paused in May this year, just days after its relaunch, due to a huge backlog of applications.
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The company justified the decision saying that it wants to “make improvements to the application and review process.”
We’ve temporarily hit pause on rolling out access to apply for Verification so we can make improvements to the application and review process.
For those who have been waiting, we know this may be disappointing. We want to get things right, and appreciate your patience.
— Twitter Verified (@verified) August 13, 2021
Twitter itself admitted last month that the program has recently verified a “small number” of fake accounts by mistake, adding that those accounts were now permanently suspended.
Twitter responded to disappointed users, assuring them that it is “working through reviewing all of the applications [it has] received as quickly as [it] can.”
Don't worry, we’re working through reviewing all of the applications we’ve received as quickly as we can.
— Twitter Verified (@verified) August 13, 2021
After a three-year break, Twitter’s latest round of applications began in May again.
Twitter initially launched the program in 2009 to identify and authenticate high-profile users and avoid misrepresentation and identity appropriations on the platform.
Previous hiccups in the program also include the 2017 pause, when the initiative’s purpose was publicly misunderstood as an “endorsement or an indicator of importance.”
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