In a statement announcing the change, Twitter said that “an account may be verified if it is determined to be of public interest.” Whereas verified accounts are typically reserved for brands, public ...

Twitter removed blue legacy check marks from nonpaying users' accounts on Thursday, weeks after the Elon Musk-owned company initially announced that the changes would begin. The company confirmed on ...

Twitter just finished its first full week with new owner Elon Musk at the helm. How are things going? Well, the social network is in turmoil. As Musk laid off an estimated half of Twitter's staff, he ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Twitter suspended its verification program on Thursday amid outrage after a white supremacist who helped organize the deadly rally in Charlottesville earlier this year became a ...

Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. The Elon Musk-owned company introduced paid verification last year with the Twitter Blue relaunch. The ...

At Elon Musk's Twitter, users will soon need to pay $7.99 per month for its Twitter Blue subscription service to gain a blue checkmark — long recognized as a sign of "verification" on the platform.

Twitter developed the ID system to protect accounts against “impersonation,” and to “increase the overall integrity and trust on our platform,” according to a company help document. This comes after ...

Some verified accounts receive a gold checkmark denoting they’re an ‘official organization.’ Other users are simply noted as ‘verified’ whether they paid for the checkmark or not. Image: Donny Hery ...