Twitter on Saturday removed the blue tick, which lets people know that an account on the social media platform is authentic, from the personal handle of vice president M Venkaiah Naidu. However, the official account of the vice president of India, @VPSecratariat, which is run by the vice president's secretariat, still has a blue tick next to it. "Twitter has withdrawn blue verified badge from the personal handle of vice president of India, M Venkaiah Naidu," news agency ANI quoted the vice president's office as saying. Twitter withdraws blue verified badge from personal Twitter handle of Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu: Office of Vice President pic.twitter.com/vT8EZ5O9Na — ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2021Naidu's personal account, the last tweet from which was posted on July 23, 2020, has 1.3 million followers. According to Twitter, the blue verified badge on lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic.

Source: Hindustan Times June 05, 2021 03:33 UTC