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Twitter officials on Monday acknowledged the social media outlet had made an error in verifying an account claiming to be from author Cormac McCarthy.
'The account referenced was verified by mistake and that has since been reversed,' a spokesperson told the AP. 'The account will also be required to adhere to Twitter's parody, newsfeed, commentary, and fan account policy.'
The account for the award-winning author, 88 - which was first created in September 2018 under the handle @CormacMcCrthy - had its blue check verification removed after it was determined to have been phony.
The latest: Twitter officials on Monday acknowledged the social media outlet had made an error in verifying an account claiming to be from author Cormac McCarthy, 88. The writer was snapped in 2009 in NYC
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