Twitter Exploring Ways to Verify All Users

Twitter Exploring Ways to Verify All Users CEO Jack Dorsey discussed the move during a Periscope livestream. ...And to do it in a way that is scalable, [so] we’re not in the way and people can verify more facts about themselves... and we don’t have to be the judge or imply any bias on our part. Twitter debuted its blue checkmark to signify verified users in 2009. Initially used as a way to identify celebrities, athletes and public figures, the badge was then rolled out to journalists and folks from other careers. They think of it as credibility. Twitter stands behind this person... Twitter believes that this person is someone that — what they’re saying is great and authentic, which is not at all what we mean by the checkmark.