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A day after announcing that it'd denote high-profile accounts in a way distinctive from the blue checkmark now available to all Twitter Blue subscribers, Twitter has begun to roll out new badges that denote particular categories of official accounts, including government accounts, major media outlets and some public figures.

It's less than two weeks since Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter and already there are concerns that the company is choosing to ignore key risks in its biggest international growth markets.

One Twitter engineer described the past week as "radio silence," WIRED reported. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has been regularly tweeting.

Twitter said Tuesday it will add a gray "official" label to some high-profile accounts to indicate that they are authentic, the latest twist in new owner Elon Musk's chaotic overhaul of the platform's verification system.

Elon Musk has sold Tesla stock worth almost $4bn (£3.46bn) after completing his takeover of Twitter.

Billionaire Elon Musk sold almost $4 billion in Tesla shares, a total of 19.5 million in the days following the Twitter takeover.

Twitter said Tuesday it will add a gray “official” label to some high-profile accounts to indicate that they are authentic, the latest twist in new owner Elon Musk's chaotic overhaul of the platform's verification system.

Twitter said Tuesday evening that to resolve ambiguity about which accounts on its platform have been identity-verified — as opposed to those simply paying $8 a month for a blue check mark on their profiles — the company will introduce a new, gray check mark as part of an "official" label.

You won't be able to buy gray check marks, according to a Twitter employee.

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