Musk says Twitter will start manually authenticating accounts starting next week, with blue check marks for people, gold for companies, and gray for governments (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Musk says Twitter will start manually authenticating accounts starting next week, with blue check marks for people, gold for companies, and gray for governments  —  Elon Musk says that Twitter’s check mark program could return on Friday, December 2nd, with a new procedure to verify individual identities …