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Twitter Wants Your Feedback on Shaping Its New Approach to Verification
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3 years agoon
Three years ago, Twitter paused its public verification program after hearing feedback that it felt arbitrary and confusing to many people. A year later, it deprioritized this work further to focus on protecting the integrity of the public conversation around critical moments like the 2020 US election. Since then, the company hasn’t been clear about who can become verified and when, why an account might be unverified, or what it means to be verified.
Today, Twitter is sharing the start of its plans to revamp how people can identify themselves on the platform, starting with verification and asking the public to share feedback on a draft of its new verification policy. Calling for public feedback has become an important part of its policy development process because the company wants to ensure that, as an open service, its rules reflect the voices of the people who use Twitter.
Building Twitter’s verification policy
Twitter is planning to relaunch public applications for verification in 2021, but first, it needs to update its verification policy with the help of the public. This policy will lay the foundation for future improvements by defining what verification means, who is eligible for verification and why some accounts might lose verification to ensure the process is more equitable.
Twitter is starting by more clearly defining some of the core types of Notable Accounts that are served by verification, along with specific and transparent criteria for eligibility. Per the proposed policy, “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 notable and active.”
The six types of accounts Twitter has identified to start are:
- Government
- Companies, Brands and Non- Profit Organizations
- News
- Entertainment
- Sports
- Activists, Organizers, and Other Influential Individuals
More detailed definitions of the criteria above can be found in the draft policy here.
Twitter has also added proposed criteria to automatically remove verification from an account if, for example, it’s inactive or if the profile is incomplete, as well as grounds to deny or remove verification from certain qualified accounts that are found to be in repeated violation of the Twitter Rules. The company recognizes that there are many verified accounts on Twitter who should not be. It plans to start by automatically removing badges from accounts that are inactive or have incomplete profiles to help streamline its work and to expand this to include additional types of accounts over the course of 2021.
Twitter is aware that it can’t solve verification with a new policy alone — and that this initial policy won’t cover every case for being verified — but it is a critical first step in helping the platform provide more transparency and fairer standards for verification on Twitter as it reprioritizes this work. This version of the policy is a starting point, and Twitter intends to expand the categories and criteria for verification significantly over the next year.
Twitter wants to hear from you
Here is a brief survey on Twitter’s draft verification policy, which is available in Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. The company is also working with local non-governmental organizations and its Trust and Safety Council to ensure as many perspectives are represented as possible.
For those who prefer to Tweet their feedback, they can use the hashtag #TwitterPolicyFeedback.
The public feedback period starts today, November 24, 2020, and continues until December 8, 2020. At that point, Twitter will review public feedback on this policy and train its teams on this new approach. Its goal is to introduce the final policy on December 17, 2020.
Twitter is committed to serving the public conversation by helping people find credible information, hear important voices, and trust the authenticity of the accounts people find on the platform.
What’s next?
Twitter wants to make space for everyone on the platform to express their authentic voices by giving people more ways to identify themselves in their Profiles. The blue verified badge and account labels are two of the ways we help distinguish notable, authentic accounts on Twitter. This year, it has verified medical experts Tweeting about #COVID19 and added account labels to identify candidates running for office.
But verification isn’t the only way it is planning to distinguish accounts on Twitter. Heading into 2021, the service is committed to giving people more ways to identify themselves through their profiles, such as new account types and labels. More will be shared in the coming weeks, as this is the beginning of what the company has planned for 2021.
Entertainment
Le Méridien Cairo Airport Invites Travellers To Savour The Beauty Of Golden Hour This Summer Season
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2 years agoon
June 11, 2022Au Soleil Stay Package at LE MÉRIDIEN CAIRO AIRPORT
Somabay geared itself up with a very special Eid week, with traditional offerings ready to go. An extremely unique activation program was held on the shores of the Red Sea. From the 2nd till the 7th of May, Somabay created a vacation like no other during Eid Al-Fitr.
Being well-renowned as a trendsetter in all-new activities, Somabay was able to create an experience for adults, parents and especially kids during the festivities, featuring new activations at Sobar and S.Cape Beach Club. In addition, Somabay launched its opening of new projects: Playpark, a kids’ entertainment hub that offers some distinctive activities, the launch of Floodlit Footgolf for the first time by the Red Sea and BayFit, as well as the new fitness studio by the Marina.
The entertainment program included DJs, stamina sports & fitness sessions, yoga classes, family bonding activities, and Nilco kids’ fun activities with the new launch of the Soma Raceway Go-Karting track.
The exceptional week witnessed a one-of-a-kind experience to captivate and entertain Somabay guests all week long; featuring Carolina Karam – a Lebanese singer for an unforgettable night.
Entertainment
Cairo Festival City Hosts “Wings for Life” Marathon for the First Time in Egypt
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2 years agoon
May 9, 2022In Cooperation with Red Bull, Ignite Egypt & Allianz Egypt with the Aim to Raise Donations for Spinal Cord
Cairo Festival City Hosts “Wings for Life” Marathon for the First Time in Egypt
Cairo – May 8, 2022: Cairo Festival City (CFC), an affiliate of Egypt’s leading real estate developer Al Futtaim Group Real Estate (AFGRE), hosted the “Wings for Life” marathon, which is taking place for the first time in Egypt. Taking place in cooperation with Red Bull, Ignite Egypt and Allianz Egypt, the event aims to support research to find a cure for spinal cord injury, one of the world’s most severe injuries and the most expensive to cure.
“Wings for Life” world run is a global running movement that was inaugurated in 2014 by the Wings for Life not-for-profit spinal cord research foundation. Supported by Red Bull, the marathon annually takes place all over the world simultaneously during the first week of May, with the participation of professional athletes, runners, and wheelchair participants from across the world. The global movement aims to collect funds to support cutting-edge research to find a cure for spinal cord injury and raise awareness about the risks of spinal cord injury.
Cairo Festival City is committed to host several events and marathons to raise awareness on different diseases and collect funds to support finding a cure for them. These events include the “Run for a Heart” marathon that aimed to raise funds for child’s heart diseases, and “Run for a Cure” marathon that aimed to raise awareness among women about early detection of cancer and supported efforts toward treatment.
About Cairo Festival City
Cairo Festival City’s lifestyle and amenities truly captivate the world’s attention, while setting a higher benchmark for integrated mixed-use community living, with many choices at hand. Setting the best example of a self-sustaining eco-friendly “City within a City”, CFC offers remarkable experiences for every resident, tenant and visitor with its avant-garde villas, lavishing apartments, high-end administrative offices, elite shopping mall, world-class hotels, international school, sports hub, state-of-the-art service centers, and sophisticated automotive park.
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