{"id":31479,"date":"2017-11-10T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=31479"},"modified":"2017-11-10T17:39:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:09:02","slug":"amid-heated-criticism-twitter-temporarily-suspends-account-verifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/gadgets\/amid-heated-criticism-twitter-temporarily-suspends-account-verifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid heated criticism Twitter temporarily suspends account verifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<em>Twitter has been facing heated criticism since it verified the account of Jason Kessler \u2013 an organizer of white supremacist rally in Virginia.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Facing massive outrage from its users \u2013 over the verification of the account of the organizer of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia \u2013 social networking platform Twitter on Thursday said that it has temporarily suspended its account verification exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Over a post from its official handle, @TwitterSupport, Twitter said, \u201cVerification was meant to authenticate identity and voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement or an indicator of importance. 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