When you visit Oprah Winfrey’s Twitter page, there is a “Verified Account” badge appear at top-right portion of the profile page. Twitter just launched this “Verified Account” feature to tell us that the Oprah Twitter account is the real thing.

• Twitter’s Verified Account main aim is to deal with account impersonation.
• Twitter displays the badge only after it has contacted the account holder and verified its identity.
• The “Verified Account” badge appears at top-right portion of profile page and not anywhere else.
• The badge will also appear next to usernames in the Find People section.
• For now, Twitter will check only a handful accounts, mainly well-known accounts of celebrities.
• Twitter might verify more accounts in the future.
• It does not mean accounts without the “Verified Account” badge are fake.
• You can contact Twitter via feedback form if you have account impersonation issue.
• Twitter is not verifying businesses now. Contact Twitter via feedback form if your business is interested.