Twitter’s revamped blue tick process will come into force from January 20

In 2021, the firm will work on new ways to designate different account types, with plans for memorialised and automated accounts.

Verified accounts that are inactive or incomplete will be warned to make the necessary changes before the new policy starts. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Twitter will launch its new verification process from January 20 after receiving feedback from thousands of users on how policy for the blue tick icon should be shaped.

Inactive and incomplete accounts stand to lose their verified badge once the rules come into force, though the social network said it would not affect accounts of deceased members.