November 9, 2022 Update: The new ‘Official’ badge with the gray checkmark is now rolling out to certain accounts. In addition to showing up on the profile page for the account, it also shows up alongside the account name in your timeline.
Twitter is finally acknowledging some of the issues with allowing anyone to have a blue checkmark in exchange for $8 per month. The company now says that, in addition to the paid blue check, select accounts will also receive a new “Official” label, denoted by a gray checkmark, on their profiles.
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