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BUSINESS EYE DECEMBER 23, 2022 | The Indian Eye 36

TECH T@LK

Instagram launches “hacked” hub to Twitter accounts are now verified

troubleshoot account access issues with three colours

mong a number of add-ons lost access to two-factor authenti- witter’s updated account ver- According to a report by The
and updates, the photo-shar- cation or if your account has been ification program has finally Verge, the microblogging platform’s
Aing app recently initiated a disabled. From there, you will be Tlaunched. ‘Twitter Blue’ subscriptions rolled
new feature recently which can help able to follow a series of steps to Earlier, every account had a blue out despite warnings from Twitter’s
resolve problems related to access- help regain access to your account. tick now there is a development in own trust and safety staff.
ing accounts. If you have multiple accounts asso- which some accounts have turned The chaos began with a fake
Instagram announced on ciated with your information, you Gold. Last month, CEO Elon Musk, Nintendo account, which posted the
Thursday that they are launching will be able to choose which account took to the microblogging site to make image of the well-known game char-
a “hacked” hub to assist accounts needs support,” the platform added. the announcement. “Sorry for the de- acter Mario raising a middle finger at
that have been experiencing access According to a report by US- lay, we’re tentatively launching Veri- the Twitter bird.
issues. based Tech portal, TechCrunch, Ins- fied on Friday next week.” he posted. Meanwhile, another fake Twit-
“To support accounts that are tagram is additionally expanding ac- “Gold check for companies, grey ter account emerged for ‘Eli Lilly’,
experiencing access issues or may cess to a feature which can provide check for government, blue for indi- the pharmaceutical company. It had
have been hacked, we created Insta- users with numerous ways to regain viduals (celebrity or not) and all ver- tweeted that insulin had become free.
gram.com/hacked - a new, compre- their account if they lose access. ified accounts will be manually au- As per a report by The Verge,
hensive destination people can rely Earlier, the social networking thenticated before check activates,” this repelled numerous advertisers
on to report and resolve account service had initiated testing a way the SpaceX owner added. from the platform. Subsequently,
access issues,” the message on Ins- for people to ask friends for identity He had earlier tweeted about the Musk pulled off the 7.99 USD service
tagram’s announcement blog read. confirmation for account access re- usage of different colours for differ- in a matter of days after its release.
“If you’re unable to log in to gaining, an option which can now be ent organisations and individuals but Musk had taken the matter in
your account, enter Instagram.com/ availed by everyone. fleshed out the details just recently. his own hands and tweeted that any
hacked on your mobile phone or Instagram is also planning to “All verified individual humans account that tried to impersonate
desktop browser. Next, you will be send out warnings if users receive a will have same blue check, as boundary someone else would be disabled,
able to select if you think you’ve Direct Message (DM) from an ac- of what constitutes “notable” is oth- unless its user declared it as a par-
been hacked, forgot your password, count impersonating a business. erwise too subjective.” He tweeted. ody account.

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