Does Twitter Take Away Businesses' Verified Badge Once They Stop Advertising?

Some very interesting speculations have cropped up this week about the way Twitter handles its hush-hush verification process.

More than one business has reported Twitter yanking their verification badge the minute they stopped paying for ads on the site.

A verified Twitter account is something of a hot commodity on Twitter. It’s part status symbol, part bragging right, and meant to show the rest of the Twitterverse that you are indeed you. It’s Twitter’s way of verifying an account’s identity.

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