This story was hysterical fake news anyway, Twitter removes the check temporarily when you edit your profile. It's a holdover from when checks were Good Boy Badges instead of $8/month status symbols.
Not sure why you got downvoted, that's exactly what happened. People can think that's a good or a bad rule, but it's clearly stated, and is exactly why their checkmark was temporarily removed.
It was a (perhaps somewhat lazy) method imposed because people were using the checkmarks to troll and impersonate other people. Change your picture, lose the checkmark until you're re-verified.
Funny how quickly that no longer applies when they don't control it.
This story was hysterical fake news anyway, Twitter removes the check temporarily when you edit your profile. It's a holdover from when checks were Good Boy Badges instead of $8/month status symbols.
Not sure why you got downvoted, that's exactly what happened. People can think that's a good or a bad rule, but it's clearly stated, and is exactly why their checkmark was temporarily removed.
It was a (perhaps somewhat lazy) method imposed because people were using the checkmarks to troll and impersonate other people. Change your picture, lose the checkmark until you're re-verified.