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Re:FunnyJunk lawyer to subpoena Twitter, Ars Technica by crazygringo on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @02:00PM (#4138210)
But doesn't Twitter have a "verified" badge for real-world people whose identities have been verified?

I thought it went without saying that Twitter handles, above all newly-created ones, were fake unless they had that additional badge.

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Re:FunnyJunk lawyer to subpoena Twitter, Ars Technica by petercooper on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @02:14PM (#4138299)
No, only for a small subset of people and all chosen at Twitter's discretion (they don't take suggestions).
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Re:FunnyJunk lawyer to subpoena Twitter, Ars Technica by dpeck on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @02:53PM (#4138518)
I believe they also have some stipulations on if you're being impersonated they might verify you.
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Re:FunnyJunk lawyer to subpoena Twitter, Ars Technica by freehunter on Thursday June 21, 2012 @10:22AM (#4142093)
According to the article on Ars Technica, the lawyer sent copies of his ID to Twitter to verify he was being impersonated and the account was suspended.
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