Facing lawsuits from people complaining of being illegally impersonated, Twitter have decided to implement a Verified Accounts process. Twitter said that the purpose of Verified Accounts is to provide a way to curb legal problems, instill a sense of confidence in users about who they are actually follow and appease to brands and celebs who often complain of been impersonated on Twitter.

Twitter said that “Verified Accounts” shall serve as an official seal of legitimacy on the profiles of public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes, and other well-known personalities.

“We hope to verify more accounts in the future but due to the resources required, verification will begin only with a small set,” the Twitter team wrote.

Verified Accounts lwill be aunches this summer. However, it is not immediately evident how accounts will be verified in a way that enables it to scale in a practical way, but at the very least it will lend more transparency to regular users that may (or may not) be posing as brands, companies or prominent personages on Twitter.

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