Several news sites have reported getting their ‘Official’ Grey checkmark on Twitter earlier this morning, but now those checkmarks have gone away. It seems Chief Twit want to prioritize who gets those Grey Checkmarks first (and it is not individuals). Elon Musk claims he “just killed” the deployment hours after it began. The gray checkmarks have vanished from those accounts that only just got them, including Engadget’s and The New York Times. With that said, this isn’t necessarily a complete about-face. Twitter VP Esther Crawford clarified that you’ll still see the marks, but that the social media giant is handing them out to “government and…

As reported yesterday, Twitter was going to introduce a new ‘official’ badge for high profile accounts. This is because the old ‘verified’ blue checkmark now represents a user who is paying $8 a month for Twitter Blue. This means the old blue ‘verified’ checkmark is nothing more then a status symbol and nothing to do with being a verified account. As of today, Twitter has introduced a grey checkmark below the blue checkmark for the high profile accounts. However, not all high profile accounts currently have these, so this change may still be in the process of being fully deployed….