Twitter on Thursday put the brakes on its verification process following widespread backlash over its decision to give Jason Kessler, the organizer of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. this summer, a blue check mark.

"Verification was meant to authenticate identity & voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement or an indicator of importance," the company tweeted from its support account today. "We recognize that we have created this confusion and need to resolve it. We have paused all general verifications while we work and will report back soon."

Meanwhile, it does not appear Kessler's verification was an oversight as the account still currently shows a blue check mark.

The move to verify Kessler happened on Tuesday. As The Daily Beast pointed out, the verification came less than a month after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey pledged to "take a more aggressive stance" on "unwanted sexual advances, non-consensual nudity, hate symbols, violent groups, and tweets that glorifies violence."

For the uninitiated, verified Twitter accounts — denoted by a blue badge icon — are reserved for celebrities and other public figures and organizations. Twitter was historically opaque about its section process for verified accounts, but last year opened up applications for those seeking verified status.

"We want to make it even easier for people to find creators and influencers on Twitter, so it makes sense for us to let people apply for verification," Twitter's Vice President of user services, Tina Bhatnagar, said in a statement at the time. "We hope opening up this application process results in more people finding great, high-quality accounts to follow, and for these creators and influencers to connect with a broader audience."

This article originally appeared on PCMag.com.