After verification freeze, here's how you can get Twitter's blue check mark


FILE PHOTO People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27 2013. REUTERSKacper PempelIllustration

FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

Twitter users can once again apply to be verified after a years-long freeze on public submissions for the site's blue check marks, though the company said only "notable" users would be awarded the badge.

The social media company paused public submissions for these badges in 2017 amid criticism that its verification program was arbitrary and confusing. It said at the time the check mark was being confused with "an endorsement or an indicator of importance".

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