Fact Check: Did Facebook remove the 'blue tick' from Pakistan PM Imran Khan's page?

CLAIM:

Facebook removed 'verified' blue tick from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's account.

CLAIMED BY:

Social media and a prominent Pakistani journalist

RATING:

Mixture

On Friday reports came in that Facebook has removed blue tick from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's official social media handle. Pakistani journalist Naila Inayat shared a screenshot of Khan’s Facebook p and ‘blue tick’ was missing. Sharing a screenshot, she wrote: 'Facebook removes blue tick from prime minister Imran Khan's p.' Her tweet has so far received 754 Retweets and 3.3K Likes.

Blue tick returns

However, just one hour after her tweet, Naila tweeted that verification tick was back after  word 'Official' was dropped from ID.  blue tick on social media is a verification bge by portals that lets people kw that a p or profile of public interest is auntic and verified. Naila shared a screenshot that re ' What Facebook p names are allowed.' screenshot said that terms or phrases that are abusive or violate someone's right cant be used.

Furr, it stated that if Facebook has assigned a verified bge to a p n it should longer use word 'Official.'

Pakistan PM Imran Khan's p currently shows blue tick.  (checked on May 10, 08:00 AM)

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Facebook verification

Republic World checked if Naila's document about 'What names are allowed' was auntic and found it to be true. Under help section, 'What P names are allowed on Facebook?' social media handle lists following:

• P names must accurately reflect P. Keep in mind that only authorized representatives can man a P for a brand, place, organization or public figure.

• P names can't include:

• Terms or phrases that may be abusive or violate someone's rights.

• word "official" if P isn't official P of a brand, place, organization or public figure. (te: If Facebook assigns a P a verified bge P should longer use word official in P name. Learn more about verified bges.)

• Improper capitalization (example: best CaFE). P names must use grammatically correct capitalization and may t include all capital letters, except for acronyms.

• Symbols (example: ® ) or unnecessary punctuation.

• Descriptions or slogans (example: Best Cafe - We serve best coffee in town). People who man Ps can d this information to a P's About section.

• Any variation of word "Facebook."

• P names can't consist only of:

• Generic words (example: Pizza). Ps must be mand by official representatives of topics y're about.

• Generic geographic locations (example: New York). However, you can create a P name for an organization that represents a geographic location. For example, "New York City – Mayor's Office" and "Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain" are acceptable P names.

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