verification
Latest
Elon Musk considers making verification a Twitter Blue perk
With Elon in charge, Twitter is planning to boost the price of its Blue subscription from $5 to $20 per month and make it mandatory for verified users.
Twitter reopens public verifications following August pause
Twitter has once again started accepting applications from the public for account verification, the company announced this week.
Twitter has paused verification applications again
Twitter has once again temporarily stopped accepting new verification applications from users.
Twitter resumes taking public verification requests
Twitter is once more taking public verification requests, giving more people a chance at a blue badge.
Twitter is already pausing public verification
Eight days after publicly announcing the restart to its long-paused verification process, Twitter announced on Friday that it is swamped and will temporarily ignore new requests from users until the backlog has been addressed.
Twitter is reopening public verification
Twitter will once again allow any user to request verification, though the blue checkmark will only be granted to accounts that meet its requirements.
Twitter will reopen verification requests in 2021
Twitter will soon let users request verification for the first time in more than three years.
'Destiny 2' enables SMS verification on PC to curb cheating
Starting today, if you want to take part in the game’s Trials of Osiris, Competitive Crucible and Iron Banner player versus player modes as a F2P user, you’ll need to verify your account before you can jump into any of them for the first time.
Twitter will soon begin verifying users again, but it needs help
Twitter says the new policy will determine what verification truly means, who’s eligible to be verified and why some accounts could lose their check marks. Users can either answer Twitter’s survey or tweet their feedback with the hashtag #VerificationFeedback.
eBay will authenticate sneakers from resellers
Experts will verify all US sales over $100 by early 2021.
Instagram will review how harassment and verification rules affect Black users
Instagram’s top executive says the company will review its harassment and verification policies, as well as how the app recommends content.
Google will force advertisers to prove they are who they say they are
Starting this summer, you'll be able to check an advertiser's legal name and country of operation.
Discord wants to clean up and support its massive bot community
Discord's new verified bots and developers program finally puts bots in the spotlight.
FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by June 2021
The FCC announced today all carriers and phone companies must adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol by June 30th, 2021. The regulatory requirement is designed to combat robocalls, specifically those that try to hide their phone numbers by allowing carriers to authenticate caller IDs.
Twitter will verify more health experts to fight coronavirus misinformation
Twitter wants to make it easier for health experts to get verified. The company is taking new steps to open up its notoriously opaque verification program in order help elevate accounts that are "providing credible updates around #COVID19." "We are working with global public health authorities to identify experts and have already Verified hundreds of accounts," the company tweeted.
FCC could require phone companies to authenticate calls
Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai proposed new rules that would require phone companies to adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol, an increasingly popular method for caller ID authentication. The rules are meant to combat robocalls, specifically those that spoof phone numbers, and the FCC is expected to vote on them later this month.
Twitter verified a fake congressional candidate created by a teenager
Andrew Walz isn't a real person. A high school student from upstate New York created the fake congressional candidate -- complete with website, AI-generated photograph and Twitter account -- to test the social media platform's verification system. According to CNN Business, it took the teenager all of 25 minutes to set everything up. Within a few months, Twitter reached out to Andrew Walz and verified his account, earning him a blue badge next to his name.
Pass Tinder’s catfish test and you’ll get verified
In an attempt to deter catfishing, or that awkward moment when you show up for a date and the other person looks nothing like their photos, Tinder is introducing a new Photo Verification feature. The tool will compare a series of real-time posed selfies to existing profile photos. If the photos match and pass a human-assisted AI review, the user will get a blue checkmark on their profile.
Airbnb officially bans all 'open-invite' house parties
Airbnb has confirmed that it will ban all "open-invite" house parties, the company said in a blog post. It also will provide a "clear and actionable enforcement framework" for other issues including excessive noise, unauthorized guests, unauthorized parking, unauthorized smoking and "major cleanliness concerns requiring excessive cleaning after checkout."
YouTube reverses course on 'verification' -- you will keep your badges
Yesterday YouTube announced plans to change its policy around channel verification status. In a move to follow other social networks, the company said changes tying approval to authenticity and prominence would mean some might lose their tag, and would have to go through appeals to keep it. After a quick and loud backlash to the plan YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki apologized, and YouTube just announced "Channels that currently have verification will now keep it without appeal." The plan is still to reopen its process for verification next month for all channels that have over 100,000 subscribers, with an eye toward stamping the tag on channels that are both "authentic" and "complete." YouTube Support: What's happening with channel verification? We won't remove verification based on the criteria we announced yesterday. If you received an email that your channel will no longer be verified, you no longer need to submit an appeal. You'll keep verification on your channel. As always, we'll still remove verification if we find that a channel is attempting to impersonate another creator or brand. If you change your channel's name, the renamed channel won't be verified and you'll need to reapply.