Twitter is adding verified check marks to the accounts of dead celebrities, making them look like paid Twitter Blue subscribers

Kobe Bryant, Anthony Bourdain, and Chadwick Boseman were among the celebrities the app says bought a subscription and verified their phone number.
CNET

Your Gmail Is Getting Verified Check Marks. Here's What They Mean

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NBC New York

Top TikTok creators confused after blue check marks are removed from their accounts

TikTok’s removal of blue verified check marks from some popular accounts is causing an uproar among the app’s highly followed stars. This month, TikTok suddenly unverified multiple accounts with ...
The Journal

Microsoft Face Check Identity Verification Now Available for Enterprise Use

Microsoft has announced the general release of Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID, a consent-based method used to confirm a person's identity. First announced and released in preview in ...
Fox News

Verification scams hitting Elon Musk’s X after changing former Twitter check marks

X – formerly known as Twitter – has gone through more than a name change since it switched over. One of these has been with the account verification process. You know, that little blue check mark that ...
Fast Company

Bluesky opens blue-check verification to ‘notable and authentic’ users: Here’s how it works

Blue-check verification is nothing new in the world of social media, but Bluesky is only now making it available to any “notable” accounts. The social media company has launched an application that ...
Gizmodo

Gmail Gets Its Own Blue Checks for Verified Emails

Companies like Meta have been on a blue check mark kick lately, despite how the verified icons have become a mark of shame rather than a status symbol on Twitter, the site which originally popularized ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Previews Face Check Verifications Using Entra Verified ID

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of Face Check in Microsoft Entra Verified ID, providing a means for organizations to verify the identities of individuals. Face Check is described by Microsoft ...
Hosted on MSN

Bluesky Adds Blue Checks to Verified Accounts, But They're Not for Sale

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. The most popular decentralized X alternative is ...
The Verge

Meta is expanding its paid verification badge to business accounts

Meta Verified was previously available to individual creators on Facebook and Instagram. Business verification will eventually expand to WhatsApp, too. Meta Verified was previously available to ...
Campus Technology

Microsoft Releases Face Check Identity Verification for Enterprise Use

Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID, a consent-based method used to confirm a person's identity, is now available in general release. First announced and released in preview in February of ...