Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Twitter said Tuesday evening that to resolve ambiguity about which accounts on its platform have been identity-verified - as opposed to those simply paying $8 a month for a blue check mark on their ...

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 ...

A new verification mark intended to better identify prominent Twitter accounts has instead become the latest source of chaos at the company under new owner Elon Musk. The video featured is from a ...

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 ...

Bluesky, the social platform often seen as a less chaotic and open alternative to X, has finally announced plans for an account verification system. The core idea is to put a blue tick as a visual ...

Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to the platform. Like Twitter’s original blue check (RIP), ...