Houthi supporters gather at an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 18. (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP) U.S.-sanctioned terrorist organizations appear to be enjoying the perks of paid, ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has begun restoring complimentary blue checks for some of its users, the latest unexpected shift to cause a lot of confusion on the ...

Elon Musk is bringing back free verification checks for some X users. Maja Hitij/Getty Image Many former official accounts, especially news organizations, refused to pay the fee. Musk later introduced ...

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Update, 9:00 PM ET, 7/10/25: She has been graced with a blue check once more. Ex-CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, seems to have left the company on good terms. That is to say, Elon Musk has not disparaged ...

Bluesky may soon get a new blue checkmark verification system, according to changes to the app’s public GitHub repository spotted Friday by reverse engineer alice.mosphere.at. The blue checks may have ...

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 ...

In 2022, when Elon Musk campaigned to buy Twitter—before he realized he would be massively overpaying and went to court to get out of the deal he himself proposed, before he admitted defeat and took ...

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 ...