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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The update has prompted misinformation concerns. Starting April 1, Twitter users who don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue are going to have to say goodbye to their blue check marks. Recent changes ...

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Elon Musk’s Twitter has stirred up a new wave of confusion. After the multibillionaire tech baron made good on his threat to yank Twitter blue check-marks from celebrities who weren’t paying him $8 ...

Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk's most despised news organizations. The removal comes as many of Twitter's high-profile ...

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 ...

If you have a verified blue check mark on your Twitter account, you might lose it tomorrow, April 20. According to a post from Twitter Verified, users who have grandfathered their blue check mark in ...

Facebook allows you to input a variety of symbols into your status updates including a check mark. To input a check mark, you insert the check mark image from Windows Character Map into your Facebook ...

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The promised changes to the platform’s verification program have been slow. Attention has focused instead on the image of a doge in place of the blue Twitter bird. By Kate Conger and Ryan Mac SAN ...