The new badge, which consisted of a gray check mark and the word “Official” placed underneath account handles belonging to Twitter, the United Nations and media outlets including CNN, was ...

Before Elon Musk took over Twitter, there was only one way to get the blue check mark – or Twitter Blue – on Twitter. To do so, you had to be a well-known figure like a celebrity, politician ...

Let's tackle the first part of that. Twitter Blue subscribers pay $8 per month on the web or $11 on iOS and Android to get a check mark along with access to additional features like the ability to ...

Musk tweeted on November 1, his first official day as the new CEO of Twitter. But the problem with Musk’s pay-to-play check mark scheme is that, so far, not enough people are willing to pay.

The Margin Twitter’s blue-check-mark drama gets stupider over the weekend Many popular but unpaid accounts have their check marks restored against their will — or even despite their deaths ...

Twitter is delaying the rollout of verification check marks to subscribers of its new $7.99 a month subscription service until after Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to an internal post ...

The check mark has at times been decried as just another status symbol, a way for people to earn clout. But it’s also been used to confirm that account holders are indeed who they say they are.

Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is giving “complimentary” Premium subscriptions with blue check marks to high-profile users. But they’re not all thrilled.

Twitter pulled the “legacy” check-marks for accounts including some of the most-followed celebs on the site, including Katy Perry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian ...

Since then, the check mark has become a somewhat contentious symbol. For public figures, including celebrities and journalists, it is a way to confirm that users are in fact who they claim to be.

But not all of these statuses are denoted by check mark icons in Facebook Messenger. Only two of them are. In the next section, we’ll go over all of the icons used to indicate the above statuses ...