Twitter will phase out its old verification program starting in April, the company announced Thursday. Followers used to get Twitter's signature blue check mark if they met certain criteria.

After removing thousands of legacy verification checkmarks on April 20, Twitter is restoring the Blue tick marks for large accounts — even if they didn’t pay for subscriptions.

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 ...

Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks Musk-owned social network also will start charging businesses and organizations ...

Twitter’s free blue “verified” checkmarks for notable users may finally be coming to an end. Ever since Elon Musk took control of the company in October, he’s been threatening to remove ...

Twitter Blue and verification serve different purposes So, yes, verification has always had significant issues. And Musk isn’t even the first to propose verification for everyone as a way to fix it.

Twitter verification is to be available to anyone, under a reported plan by the company’s new owner Elon Musk.The catch? If you want that blue checkmark, you have to pay $19.99/month for a ...

Now, Twitter seems to realize that real identity verification — the kind that can’t be bought for $8, that is — actually has its advantages.

Indeed, a push for pay-to-play verification could lead to more firings. The Verge reports that Musk has threatened employees with termination if they don’t rapidly turn Twitter Blue — the ...

On Tuesday, Twitter's new dastardly daddy Elon Musk vowed to do away with the platform's verification process. He called it a "lords & peasants system" that he'd democratize by making it available ...

If Twitter verification turns into the province of huge brands and a few assorted thinkfluencers, the pool of participants in Newswire Twitter dramatically shrinks, ...

Twitter wants to charge users to get verified and display the signature blue check mark next to their account name. It's something Twitter has offered to some accounts for free in the past, with ...