{"id":228101,"date":"2022-11-10T07:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T06:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=228101"},"modified":"2022-11-10T07:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T06:48:11","slug":"twitter-removes-official-label-for-high-profile-accounts-hours-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/11\/10\/twitter-removes-official-label-for-high-profile-accounts-hours-after-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter removes &#8216;official&#8217; label for high-profile accounts hours after launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter has removed a new grey &#8220;official&#8221; label for some verified high-profile accounts &#8211; just hours after it was launched.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the microblogging platform had, on Wednesday, started to add the grey label to\u00a0government accounts, big companies, major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/17\/zamfara-govt-didnt-shut-down-media-houses-it-only-sealed-them-apc\/\">media outlets<\/a>, as well as public figures.<\/p>\n<p>Findings revealed that\u00a0the \u2018official\u2019 label was added to the Twitter handles of President Muhammadu Buhari, Don Jazzy, a Nigerian music producer and CEO of Mavin Records, among others.<\/p>\n<p>But the label disappeared a few hours later.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, the new chief executive officer of Twitter, confirmed that he personally scrapped the new badge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just killed it,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlue check will be the great leveller.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: It&#39;s now gone <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5C0t7txi14\">https:\/\/t.co\/5C0t7txi14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MKBHD\/status\/1590382566921543680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Musk added that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/11\/07\/twitter-to-suspend-fake-accounts\/\">Twitter<\/a> will do lots of dumb things in [the] coming months\u201d but said it would \u201ckeep what works and change what doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. <\/p>\n<p>We will keep what works &amp; change what doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1590384919829962752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Clarifying Musk\u2019s comment on \u201ckilling\u201d the new label, Esther Crawford, Twitter\u2019s early-stage products executive, said the grey checkmark would still be used in the future, but the company would initially focus on adding them to government and commercial entities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe official label is still going out as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/11\/05\/twitter-loses-4m-daily-due-to-large-workforce-musk\/\">Twitter<\/a> Blue launch \u2014 we are just focusing on government and commercial entities to begin with,\u201d Crawford tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you saw him mention was the fact that we\u2019re not focusing on giving individuals the \u201cofficial\u201d label right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did Musk just kill the &quot;Official&quot; check mark you announced 18 hours ago?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; @nelson@tech.lgbt (@nelson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nelson\/status\/1590387258762592257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter has removed a new grey &#8220;official&#8221; label for some verified high-profile accounts &#8211; just hours after it was launched. 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