On Tuesday morning, the world learned that the account bearing media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s wife’s name, Wendi Deng Murdoch, is not run by her or anyone connected to her.
And less than two hours after the revelation, Twitter admitted in a tweet that it had mistakenly verified the @Wendi_Deng account (see tweet below), causing users to poke fun at the legitimacy of Twitter’s verification process.
The impostor sent these tweets between 9 and 10 a.m. ET calling out Twitter on its blunder.
News Corporation original told a few media outlets the Deng account was legit, but the company backpedaled and that’s when the fake Deng came clean in the above series of tweets.
Mashable had previously reported that “an unverified account” using Deng’s full name had persuaded the News Corporation CEO to delete an insulting tweet. Shortly after the exchange, the tweet went missing from his accurately verified Twitter account.
Murdoch joined Twitter on New Year’s Eve and has since accumulated more than 90,000 followers.
Do you think this incident shows a major hole in Twitter’s verification process? Sound off in the comments.
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