Twitter Will Test Verified Accounts Feature This Summer
Category: InternetPosted: June 7, 2009 07:21AM
Author: CheeseMan42
The popular blogging site Twitter will be releasing a new feature this summer. The “Verified Accounts” feature will be used to indicate that the person is actually who they say they are. This comes on the heels of a recent lawsuit by Tony LaRussa, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, that stems from comments posted about players who died on his team made by an impostor. Twitter currently deletes or transfers accounts that are found to be fake accounts, and believes that its Terms of Service will allow it to win the lawsuit. I don't use Twitter myself, but I see how it could be an issue if you were following someone posing as your favorite celebrity.
