“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.

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 ...

You can get verified on Twitter by meeting their notability criteria and submitting an application to Twitter support.

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 ...

As Elon Musk promised, Twitter’s previous blue check-mark verification regime will soon be history. The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion deal, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

DMs from Verified users you don't follow will no longer get a priority spot in your inbox. The next time you log into Twitter, your inbox might look a little different. Twitter is adding a new message ...