No, Twitter didn’t revoke Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘verified’ check mark
By Brian Fung
March 21 at 6:18 pm
Rumors have begun circulating online that Twitter may have removed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's verification — a blue badge that appears on user accounts to indicate they've been authenticated by the service as a real person. (For the uninitiated, Twitter verification is typically reserved for celebrities and other high-profile individuals to distinguish them from fan-made or fake accounts.)
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