Twitter has been unverifying inactive accounts on its platform for the last 6 months. In this sequence, the blue tick was removed from the accounts of many leaders including Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. The reason behind doing this is given by your policy. "As per our verification policy, if the account becomes inactive, the Blue Verified batch may be removed," Twitter said. Although the blue tick was restored on Vice President Naidu's account after a few hours, the accounts of other leaders are still unverified. There is an uproar on social media regarding this action of Twitter.
Twitter's Inactive Account Policy
Once the account is registered, people have to actively login. To keep his account active, the user has to log in at least once in 6 months. If you are not logged in for a long time, the account can be permanently deleted. Twitter tracks user activity based on login. Apart from the Vice President, the verified blue tick was also removed from the Twitter accounts of two top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders Arun Kumar and Suresh Soni. While the last tweet was made by the Vice President on 23 July 2020, not a single tweet has been posted in the accounts of both the leaders of the Sangh.
The activity of the account is checked from the date of its last 6 months whether the user has used his handle during this period or not. The microblogging website Twitter today unverified the accounts of other leaders including Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. Twitter clarified this matter and said that their accounts were not active for the last several months.