WhatsApp check marks explain whether your messages have been sent, delivered, or read. One gray check means the message was sent. Two gray check marks mean it was delivered. When the recipient reads ...

Twitter finally implemented a previously announced removal of blue check marks. The change means that only paying Twitter Blue subscribers will retain a blue check mark next to their name. Before Elon ...

Elon Musk’s X is reversing a policy that allowed X Premium users to hide the blue check mark that came with their subscription, adding another change to how verification works on the platform. X began ...

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 ...

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 ...

Twitter has started removing the blue check marks from accounts that have not signed up to its Blue subscription service. Before Elon Musk acquired Twitter last October in a deal worth $44 billion, ...

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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 ...