This is stated in the company's statement.
According to the statement, from the very beginning the check-box opposite the username should have been used to confirm his identity. At the same time after a while it began to be used as a criterion of popularity and popularity of the account.
"We recognize that we created this confusion and must solve it. We suspended all major checks for the time of work and will soon report their results, "- said in a statement Twitter.
Recall, as co-reported earlier, "URA-Inform," the largest social network of Twitter will tighten the rules for the publication of political advertising. Now the company will publish full information about all advertisements.