Days after Elon Musk’s Twitter purged blue check marks from VIP users and prominent organizations, the checks reappeared on the accounts of a number of high-profile figures, many of whom promptly ...

Once a coveted status symbol, Twitter’s verification badge — which can be purchased for a monthly fee — is no longer fashionable, according to some users. By Callie Holtermann and Lora Kelley ...

When Elon Musk took over Twitter last year, one of the first changes the company made was to the Blue Check system. The Blue Check was originally put in place to correctly identify to users that ...

What do Twitter’s blue check marks signify? After this weekend, it’s increasingly difficult to figure out. On Thursday, Elon Musk’s Twitter finally followed through on its plan to remove blue ...

It appears that Elon Musk has finally (mostly) given up on trying to make paid blue checks on X a thing. This week, X users with large followings were surprised to see that their blue checks — which ...

Almost a year since blue check marks disappeared from some large, influential accounts on X (formerly Twitter), they have started to return. On Wednesday, some individuals with large followings ...

Elon Musk’s move to upend Twitter’s longstanding verification system is turning the platform’s iconic blue check marks into a polarizing symbol of his leadership for some of Twitter’s most prominent ...

Free blue checks appear to be back on X just months after billionaire Elon Musk axed them in favor of a paid subscription model, though many users are unhappy to have Twitter’s formerly coveted ...

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The Twitter Blue Checkmark is seen in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 21 September, 2022. Twitter management has announced the introduction of a new verification label to replace the blue ...

Many of Twitter's high-profile users are losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform. After several ...

Twitter has begun a wide-scale process of removing the blue check marks from verified account holders, a large swath of the platform’s most high-profile users including journalists, celebrities and ...