FAIRFAX, Va., August 27, 2026 — Twitter.now, a new social network operated by startup Operation Bluebird, has entered testing with a service that uses AI-powered verification to give users more information about posts appearing in their feeds. The startup was co-founded by Stephen Coates, who previously served as Twitter's trademark counsel.

Twitter.now launches amid a legal dispute with X over the Twitter and Tweet trademarks. X sued Operation Bluebird last year and sought an injunction to prevent the company from launching a social media platform called Twitter. Operation Bluebird argued that X had abandoned trademarks associated with the former Twitter brand after the platform was rebranded as X.

Twitter.now Enters Testing

Operation Bluebird says Twitter.now is not intended to recreate the former Twitter service. Instead, the company describes it as a social network built around trust signals, transparency and greater user control over what appears in a feed. Early access is priced at $20 while the platform remains in testing.

The service uses an AI system called VERA to examine posts, check claims and provide sources and context for those claims. VERA also assigns a trust score to posts, giving users a way to set a preferred threshold for the material they want to see.

Operation Bluebird Faces a Trademark Dispute

Stephen Coates, who previously served as Twitter’s trademark counsel, is among the people behind Operation Bluebird. The startup says the decision to use the Twitter name followed X Corp.’s retirement of the brand, while X has challenged the company’s right to use trademarks such as Twitter and Tweet.

The dispute adds a legal dimension to the launch of a platform that is using a name closely associated with one of the world's best-known social networks. Operation Bluebird's position is that the former Twitter branding was no longer being used after X replaced it with its current identity.

VERA Checks Claims and Adds Trust Scores

VERA is one of Twitter.now’s main features. It assesses claims in posts and provides users with information about their sources and context. The trust score attached to each post is intended to give users another way to decide what content enters their feeds.

Operation Bluebird says a future version called VERA 2.0 will offer additional capabilities. The planned version will let users set a threshold and view only posts that meet the level they select, giving them more control over the type of content displayed in the app.

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Users Set Their Own Feed Thresholds

The product comes as social networks continue to face difficult questions around content moderation. Operation Bluebird is presenting VERA as a way to give users more information about posts while allowing them to decide how much credibility they require before content reaches their feeds.

Twitter.now remains in testing, so the service has yet to establish how its verification system will perform with a larger user base. For now, Operation Bluebird is entering the social-media space with a familiar name, a new verification system and an unresolved trademark dispute with X.