“I’ll get you, my pretties, and your little legacy check mark too!” — Elon Musk, probably. Twitter announced yesterday that it’s officially doing away with any verified badges from the pre-Musk era.

Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter. Twitter introduced a new label for accounts with blue checkmarks Sunday that removes any distinction between those paid for by monthly ...

Twitter has removed the “verified” blue tick from the main profile of The New York Times, after the news organisation said it would not sign up for Elon Musk’s new scheme of paid-for verification. On ...

If you have a verified blue check mark on your Twitter account, you might lose it tomorrow, April 20. According to a post from Twitter Verified, users who have grandfathered their blue check mark in ...

Twitter Blue Verified, the new paid way to get the verification checkmark, is having its relaunch delayed until November 29. The system had arrived on November 7 after employees were told they would ...

One of Elon Musk’s longest-running gripes with Twitter was with verified accounts and the culture surrounding them. He often criticized verification as being a status symbol and vowed to overhaul the ...

Elon Musk’s purge of blue check-marks from Twitter accounts verified under the company’s previous regime has begun. Now a blue check-mark badge on Twitter primarily signifies that it’s an account ...

Twitter chief Elon Musk says verified accounts are now "prioritized" on the social media platform. "Verified accounts are now prioritized," he tweeted early Tuesday morning. He did not elaborate ...

This does not appear to be an April Fools' joke. If you want a blue checkmark after April 1, you'll need to pay $8 per month ($1,000 if you're an organization). Our team tests, rates, and reviews more ...

Twitter's handling of verified users continues to shift after a number of developments over the weekend. Last week, Twitter said it would start winding down the legacy verified program on April 1st, ...

Twitter’s move to strip away legacy verification sparked mass confusion on Friday — with some celebrities keeping their blue checks while others, including Pope Francis and Kim Kardashian, joined the ...