Twitter to offer ‘official’ label for select verified accounts

Company executive says governments, companies, media outlets and public figures will receive label, which is not for sale

Twitter will introduce an official" label for select verified accounts when it launches its new $8 Twitter Blue service, Esther Crawford, the company's early stage products executive, said on Tuesday.

Accounts that will receive [the label] include government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers and some public figures," Crawford tweeted.