Twitter to add ‘official’ mark to verified big accountsTwitter said Tuesday it will add a gray “official” label to some high-profile accounts to indicate that they are authentic, the latest twist in new owner Elon Musk’s chaotic overhaul of the platform’s verification system.The checkmarks will be available at a yet-to-be-announced date for anyone willing to pay a $7.99-a-month subscription, which will also include some bonus features, such as fewer ads and the ability to have tweets given greater visibility than those coming from non-subscribers.Elon Musk sells $3.95 billion worth of Tesla stockItalian EV startup takes on US, Chinese rivals with designMusk's partisan tweets call Twitter neutrality into questionTwitter's pared-down staff struggles with misinformationEsther Crawford, a Twitter employee who has been working on the verification overhaul, said Tuesday on Twitter that the “official” label will be added to “select accounts” when the new system launches.“Not all previously verified accounts will get the ‘Official’ label and the label is not available for purchase,” said Crawford, who recently was the subject of a viral photo showing her sleeping on the floor of a Twitter office while working to meet Musk’s deadlines.But a large chunk of verified accounts belong to individual journalists, some with tiny followings at local newspapers and news sites around the world."