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 updated the verification description for users on Sunday, making it impossible to distinguish between those who had paid for blue checkmarks and those whose accounts had legacy badges.

The blue verification badge loses its meaning in the Musk era. Enter Elon Musk, the self-declared free speech absolutist. Musk’s primary focus since acquiring Twitter has been opening the blue ...

Well if you aren’t providing your number, you will obviously not get the ‘verified phone number’ badge. Twitter has not yet responded to Gizmodo’s question about how this verification ...

Twitter strikes the New York Times’ verified badge on Elon Musk’s orders. The Times and other news organizations say they won’t pay for the icon, which is designed to protect against ...

Twitter said Wednesday it was offering an annual plan for its subscription service called Twitter Blue, which includes its sought-after "verified" badge, at a discount to its monthly price.

In a probable spite move by Elon Musk, the New York Times - after making clear they would not pay for Twitter Blue - lost its golden "verified" badge.

Twitter’s Verification Purge Set to Begin. The Elon Musk–run company aims to remove legacy verified badges from users and is pushing its subscription Twitter Blue product.

Twitter has again changed how it describes blue tick badges, effectively stripping its whole verification system of the last shred of meaning it still had.. Late last month, Twitter announced it ...

Verified accounts pretending to be Lebron James, Donald Trump and Nintendo popped up after the launch of Twitter Blue on Wednesday adding to the platform’s headaches.

According to a report from Bloomberg that cites internal sources, Twitter might start charging verified accounts next Monday. Accounts will reportedly be given a grace period — one alleged to be ...

Twitter already has some unique profile markers like the verified badge for notable accounts like journalists and celebrities, a label for helpful bots on the platform, and a marker for government ...