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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Twitter gave a fake Disney account verification status at the weekend. The account, called @DisneyJuniorUK, was tweeting vile content, but managed to be verified with a gold tick before being suspended.<\/p>\n

The owner alerted his followers by saying \u201cthis isn\u2019t actually real right. someone pinch me or something\u201d \u2013 and the tweet has since gone viral. It comes as confusion continues at how Twitter\u2019s updated verification system is working.<\/p>\n

Twitter has been approached for comment. Meanwhile, the \u201creal\u201d Disney Junior account has also been given a gold badge. Last week Twitter dropped blue marks from \u201clegacy\u201d verified accounts and there is a new colour scheme to its verification system \u2013 under the guidance of owner Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

Despite many celebrity accounts initially losing their badges \u2013 over the weekend most of them were reinstated, with almost every user with more than one million followers receiving a new blue tick.<\/p>\n

Blue: The traditional mark of verification now means the account is subscribed to Twitter Blue, from $8 (\u00a36.40) a month, and completed some verification steps such as having a mobile phone linked to the account.<\/p>\n

It must also be older than 30 days and have no recent changes to name or handle Gold: These marks are reserved for organisations and businesses who pay $1,000 a month plus additional fees for subsequent accounts<\/p>\n

Grey: Is the mark of an official government account, such as a national agency or a head of state Social media consultant Matt Navarra told the BBC the decision to remove legacy checkmarks was a big mistake, \u201cpossibly Elon\u2019s biggest Twitter mistake so far\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwitter has swung from crisis to crisis in the past six months, since Elon took ownership of the platform,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has now created the perfect breeding ground for fake accounts and misinformation, with no real way of keeping its users (or other brands) safe from the mess of his own making.<\/p>\n

It would not surprise me if we start to see more brands distance themselves from Twitter following this latest blunder. \u201d Analysis box by Zoe Kleinman, technology editor<\/p>\n

This verification is being shared far and wide as an early example of exactly what critics of Elon Musk have warned about \u2013 fake accounts getting a badge of authenticity, giving them free rein to share misinformation under a fake veneer of authority.<\/p>\n

In this case, the owner of the account seems as amazed as everybody else that it\u2019s happened \u2013 it wasn\u2019t exactly trying to pretend to be an official Disney platform. And that asks even more questions- how did this obvious parody end up with a free gold tick?<\/p>\n

Twitter has already rolled back free blue ticks for accounts with more than a million followers, and there are increasing numbers of accounts who seem to have badges for which they haven\u2019t paid.<\/p>\n

When Mr Musk took over, he said he wanted to level the playing field on Twitter. It wasn\u2019t fair, he said, that Twitter alone got to decide which voices were more important than others.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s also a responsibility that goes along with running a social network, and so far we are seeing lots of examples of his dream of social media by subscription not quite going to plan.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mauritius<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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