Twitter halts 'broken' verified-profile system

Twitter has suspended its verified-profile theme and represented it as "broken", following complaints over the sort of accounts being verified.

Typically, distinguished individuals, together with musicians, journalists and company executives, get a blue icon on their profile when proving their identity.

However, some right and white-supremacist accounts have currently additionally been verified.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey same the theme would currently be "reconsidered".

In a statement, the corporate said: "Verification was meant to attest identity and voice, however it's taken as AN endorsement or AN indicator of importance.

"We recognise that we've got created this confusion and wish to resolve it."

The company same no any "general" accounts would be verified, whereas it worked on a fix.

Twitter has been creating a series of changes to deal with abuse and harassment on the social network.

Last week, it revealed a rewritten version of its rules, that it same would create them easier to know.