Twitter suspends some fake accounts it verified by mistake


FILE PHOTO The Twitter App loads on an iPhone in this illustration photograph taken in Los Angeles California U.S. July 22 2019.    REUTERSMike Blake

FILE PHOTO: The Twitter App loads on an iPhone in this illustration photograph taken in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it mistakenly verified some fake accounts that the social media company has now permanently suspended, months after restarting its verification program.

The company in May relaunched verifications after a years-long freeze on public submissions for the site's blue check marks, saying only "notable" users would be awarded the badge.

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