verified users
Social media verification: still a crapshoot Paid Members Public
The opaque and unpredictable routes to verified status on social media, make it a desirable status symbol, and a distorting influence on social interactions
WikiLeaks Task Force doxing concerns: is Twitter verification making you a target? Paid Members Public
Remember when I was amused by Twitter deciding that I’m not a journalist [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2016/11/journalism-social-media-arbitration.html] or in the media? Well, now I’m profoundly glad. Why? Well, this little Tweet from a WikiLeaks-affiliated group went out on Friday: Of course, many, many
You're only a journalist if Twitter and Facebook say so. Paid Members Public
The social media platforms decide if we are journalists or not. How… odd.
Twitter sanitises @replies for verified users Paid Members Public
Talking of services with two tiers of users, Twitter is making life nicer for its elite “verified” users: > Quality filter allows verified users to hide tweets in notifications containing threats, offensive or abusive language, duplicate content or that are sent from suspicious accounts, similar to the old “filtered” option users
