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 ...

The concept of “verified” is different from the concept of “active subscriber,” so this is confusing. But as Josiah Neely points out, that confusion has existed since at least January 2016, long ...

For the brunt of its existence, things change came slowly for social media platform Twitter, whether it be policy changes or the details around the tried and true blue checkmark. Almost too slowly, in ...

For further proof that Elon Musk’s approach to verification on Twitter can change on a whim, some top users on the social platform with significant followings — including stars who have died — were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twitter’s verification woes continue. It appears the company inadvertently awarded a gold verification badge to a parody Disney ...

Twitter will remove the blue checkmarks that have marked out verified users on the site for years. Instead, users will have to pay for the tick instead, and it will no longer mark notable users.

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. Over the weekend, ...

If you want to run ads on Elon Musk’s Twitter from here on out, you apparently will need to pay for verified status — or buy at least $1,000 worth of advertising each month. Twitter said advertisers ...

Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Bourdain and Norm Macdonald were among some of the accounts that the Elon Musk–run company now claims subscribe to Twitter Blue. By J. Clara Chan Digital Media Writer For ...