How Twitter’s rules make verification difficult for activists, with stricter requirements than for journalists, potentially reducing their credibility (Albert Fox Cahn/Wired)

Albert Fox Cahn / Wired:
How Twitter’s rules make verification difficult for activists, with stricter requirements than for journalists, potentially reducing their credibility  —  A new program makes getting a blue checkmark too easy for ‘journalists’—and far too difficult for activists.  —  I NEVER CALLED myself a journalist until Twitter made me.