Twitter gave a gold checkmark to a fake Disney account
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/24/twitter-gave-a-gold-checkmark-to-a-fake-disney-account/
In a drive to offer free verification to top organizations, Twitter briefly gave a gold checkmark to a fake Disney account. The gold checkmark indicates that the account belongs to a company. It is related to the Blue for Business offering.
The social network applying checkmarks to organizations with large followings slipped up and awarded it to @DisneyJuniorUK, which is now suspended.
Twitter gave a gold checkmark to a fake Disney account
Apr 24, 2023, 1:25pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/24/twitter-gave-a-gold-checkmark-to-a-fake-disney-account/
> In a drive to offer free verification to top organizations, Twitter briefly gave a gold checkmark to a fake Disney account. The gold checkmark indicates that the account belongs to a company. It is related to the Blue for Business offering.
> The social network applying checkmarks to organizations with large followings slipped up and awarded it to @DisneyJuniorUK, which is now suspended.