The blue check mark on Twitter was first launched in 2009 as a way for the company to cut down on impersonation accounts, especially for celebrities.

Along with verifying celebrities, one of Twitter’s main reasons to mark profiles with a free blue check mark starting about 14 years ago was to verify politicians, activists and people who ...

Twitter tweeted on Friday that it will finally do what new owner Elon Musk has been saying for months - remove the small blue check marks.

Twitter celebs baulk at paying for blue check mark After months of delay, Twitter owner Elon Musk is promising that Saturday is the deadline for people to pony up or lose their legacy status.

The blue check mark on Twitter has long conferred a special status. Only certain accounts — typically those of public figures whose identities were confirmed — have been bestowed the symbol.

Many of Twitter's high-profile users are losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform. After ...

Have you seen a blue check mark next to an Instagram username? Blue check marks note that an account is verified. Here's how to obtain that rare blue emblem.

Twitter’s blue check mark was loved and loathed. Now it’s pay for play. Twitter verification is ending for people awarded blue checks under an old system, the company says, the latest shift ...

The blue check mark on Twitter has long conferred status. Only certain accounts — typically those of public figures whose identities were confirmed — have been bestowed the symbol. That’s ...

Blue check marks are about to change on Twitter - again.Twitter tweeted Friday that it will finally do what new owner Elon Musk has been saying for months - remove the small blue check marks, once ...

The blue check mark on Twitter was first launched in 2009 as a way for the company to cut down on impersonation accounts, especially for celebrities.