Yogi Adityanath, Eknath Shinde, others lose blue ticks on Twitter after changing profile pictures
1 year, 4 months ago

Yogi Adityanath, Eknath Shinde, others lose blue ticks on Twitter after changing profile pictures

India TV News  

Several top politicians including the chief ministers lost their Golden and Blue ticks on 'X', formerly known as Twitter after they changed their profile picture to Tricolour as part of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga campaign' of the government. Image Source : TWITTEREknath Shinde loses verification tick Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis and Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena were among leaders who lost their golden tick on 'X'. Also, the Board of Control for Cricket in India lost its golden tick on the social media platform after changing its display picture to the Tricolour. The X blog states that the verified users must have their authentic names and profile pictures on the platform.

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Har Ghar Tiranga: Changing Your Twitter/X DP? You'll Briefly Lose Your Verified Blue Tick
1 year, 5 months ago

Har Ghar Tiranga: Changing Your Twitter/X DP? You'll Briefly Lose Your Verified Blue Tick

ABP News  

To kick off this year's 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged citizens to showcase the national flag on their profile photos on social media. Now, in case you too have lost your blue tick, fret not, as Twitter briefly removes its verification badges once an account changes its profile photo. Don’t Change Twitter Handle Similar to …

Blue Tick Blues: Celebs react to the saga of Twitter verification badge
1 year, 7 months ago

Blue Tick Blues: Celebs react to the saga of Twitter verification badge

Hindustan Times  

Soon after Twitter removed its legacy blue tick from verified handles on the social media platform, it sent everyone in a tizzy. But, it was a pleasant surprise when the blue tick was back after a day, since I definitely didn’t pay for it. Though the blue tick has never really been an important factor to validate me, it’s definitely …

Twitter reinstates legacy blue tick on high-profile accounts
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter reinstates legacy blue tick on high-profile accounts

The Hindu  

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Indian ministries, politicians, celebrities lose blue ticks on Twitter
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian ministries, politicians, celebrities lose blue ticks on Twitter

The Hindu  

Multiple Union Ministries have lost their verified check mark on Twitter following the Elon Musk-owned platform’s move to limit the check mark to people who pay $8 a month to retain the blue symbol on their profiles. Ashwini Vaishnaw and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Minister and Minister of State respectively for Electronics and Information Technology, continue to retain a verification mark, …

SRK, Virat Kohli, Salman Khan: Celebs Lose Blue Tick on Twitter But These Desi Reactions are 'Verified'
1 year, 8 months ago

SRK, Virat Kohli, Salman Khan: Celebs Lose Blue Tick on Twitter But These Desi Reactions are 'Verified'

News 18  

From Shah Rukh Khan to Virat Kohli, the coveted Twitter blue tick has disappeared for all the big personalities of the country. Here are a few tweets for celebs who lost their blue tick: Shah Rukh Khan But now when bona fide ppl lk SRK & Kohli losing it, makes me wonder how such ppl’s handles can be impersonated, paying …

From SRK to Rahul Gandhi; here’s all who lost Twitter blue tick
1 year, 8 months ago

From SRK to Rahul Gandhi; here’s all who lost Twitter blue tick

Live Mint  

Micro-blogging site Twitter removed that the blue checkmarks for the the legacy verified blue ticks from all individuals and organizations accounts. Now only those who pay for the ‘Twitter Blue’ subscriptions will get the ‘verified’ blue tick marks on their profiles After this development, several B-town celebrities, politicians including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, …

Twitter blue tick: From Rahul Gandhi to UP CM Yogi to Kohli to Shah Rukh Khan; top names who lost badge
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter blue tick: From Rahul Gandhi to UP CM Yogi to Kohli to Shah Rukh Khan; top names who lost badge

India TV News  

As it was announced by the Micro-blogging site Twitter that it will remove the legacy verified blue ticks from all accounts, which did not subscribe its paid scheme, the social media giant on Thursday took away the blue ticks from accounts belonging to some top politicians and celebs. Many of Twitter's high-profile users lost the blue checks that helped verify …

Salman Khan, Virat Kohli, Deepika Padukone, Pope Among Those Who Lose Twitter Blue Ticks
1 year, 8 months ago

Salman Khan, Virat Kohli, Deepika Padukone, Pope Among Those Who Lose Twitter Blue Ticks

News 18  

Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Virat Kohli, and Pope, among others, have all lost their Twitter blue ticks. New label just dropped pic.twitter.com/BvduufyDIp— Titter Daily News  April 20, 2023 Here are the top Indian personalities and entities who lost Twitter blue: BOLLYWOOD STARS The legacy blue was no longer visible on the accounts of Bollywood …

Twitter rolls out coloured verification ticks, grey for govts, golden for companies
2 years ago

Twitter rolls out coloured verification ticks, grey for govts, golden for companies

India TV News  

Social media platform Twitter has started rolling out a grey tick verification mark for government-related accounts and a golden tick mark for companies while the rest of the verified accounts will get a blue tick mark. With the rollout, Twitter has replaced the blue tick mark of the Government of India's handle with a grey tick and also of Prime …

PM Modi changes profile pictures to Tricolour
2 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi changes profile pictures to Tricolour

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday replaced his profile picture on Twitter and Facebook accounts with a photograph of the national flag as part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ initiative to mark the 75th year of India’s Independence. Government employees stitch Indian tricolor flags in an office ahead of Independence Day in Gauhati, in the northeastern state of …

Twitter needs to rethink its ambiguous verification policies before the blue tick loses its relevance
3 years, 5 months ago

Twitter needs to rethink its ambiguous verification policies before the blue tick loses its relevance

Firstpost  

Twitter has upset many users with its ‘arbitrary’ verification policies, and the recent ‘mistaken’ verification of bot accounts made it worse. — Gerald Undone July 8, 2021 While Twitter has made it ample clear that if an account is being rejected, the issue is most likely with the user’s application, Twitterati thinks the verification process itself is “arbitrary”. Twitter Director …

Twitter removes blue tick from Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar account, restores it later
3 years, 5 months ago

Twitter removes blue tick from Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar account, restores it later

Firstpost  

He lost the verified blue badge after he changed his username from @rajeev_mp to @Rajeev_GoI. The blue badge was restored within a few hours New Delhi: Junior minister for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar briefly lost the verified blue badge on his Twitter handle on Monday after he changed his username on the microblogging platform. Last month, Twitter found itself …

Row erupts as RSS handles lose ‘blue ticks’; Venkaiah Naidu’s blue tick restored
3 years, 6 months ago

Row erupts as RSS handles lose ‘blue ticks’; Venkaiah Naidu’s blue tick restored

The Hindu  

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu’s personal Twitter account lost its “blue tick” of verification on Saturday morning, only to have it restored later in the day after the matter was taken up by his office with officials of the social media platform, in a set of events that set off a spiral of such complaints by several senior members of the …

Blue Tick Restored on Venkaiah's Personal Twitter Handle, Sources Say Removed Due to Inactivity
3 years, 6 months ago

Blue Tick Restored on Venkaiah's Personal Twitter Handle, Sources Say Removed Due to Inactivity

News 18  

Hours after removing the verified blue tick, Twitter on Saturday restored it on the personal handle of vice president M Venkaiah Naidu. Twitter may also remove the blue verified badge from accounts that are found to be in severe or repeated violation of the Twitter Rules including impersonation or intentionally misleading people on Twitter by changing your display name or …

Twitter Verification Is Back: What Does A Blue Tick Mean and Why Twitter Stopped in 2017
3 years, 11 months ago

Twitter Verification Is Back: What Does A Blue Tick Mean and Why Twitter Stopped in 2017

News 18  

Micro-blogging website Twitter recently restarted its verification procedure after it was halted for more than three years. Twitter restarted the blue tick verification on Friday, January 22 and detailed how prominent users can get a blue tick on their profile this time around. The Twitter blue tick has been a point of contention among the company and its users since …

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