Twitter removes blue badge of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s personal account

Social media platform Twitter has withdrawn blue verified badge from personal Twitter handle of Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, ANI reported on Saturday.

Although, the official handle of the Vice President of India @VPSecretariat continues to have the blue badge.

According to Twitter, the blue verified badge on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic. To receive the blue badge, your account must be authentic, notable, and active.

It aims to encourage and maintain trust between users on the platform by confirming the identity of an account with Twitter in order to be verified.