Twitter Will Verify to Eliminate Fake Celebrity Accounts

Twitter is planning to track the fake accounts by implementing a verification system that will ensure that famous people are who they say they are. This had to come after Barack Obama and other celebrities’ accounts were faked unless people complained about them personally. So for a real life interaction with celebrities that Twitter offer uniquely, unlike any other, this move is surely gonna make twitterers happy.

Twitter already had rules against impersonation that it will suspend fake accounts if notified. The account in the name of Dalai Lama was suspended earlier this year. However, many had complained that the suspension took long to implement.

Tony La Russa, Manager of St. Louis Cardinals, went further. He sued Twitter last month in San Francisco Superior Court for allowing an imposter to create an account in his name. This is “an unnecessary waste of judicial resources bordering on frivolous.” said Biz Stone, co-founder of twitter. He also said that Twitter hasn’t settled suit and he believes that “terms of service are fair and we believe will be upheld in a court that will ultimately dismiss Mr. La Russa’s lawsuit.”

Biz Stone, co-founder of twitter, confessed that the company will start a verification service for public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes and all others who are most probable candidates for impersonation. They will get accounts with a verification seal so that users can also be sure that they are seeing the real accounts.

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