If you own an NFT, Twitter now allows you to turn it into your profile picture...but there's a catch. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and ...

With Meta Verified, users can pay for an enviable blue check next to their name. But the feature also requires users to use their legal name as their profile display name without the option to change ...

The Verified on LinkedIn program is now available to all websites and apps. The program aims to help users discern between authentic and deepfake identities. Zoom is incorporating the Verified badge ...

Like Twitter and Instagram, Instagram Threads allows users to become verified to confirm their identities and access some exclusive features. Similar to Twitter's verification process, you'll need to ...

That coveted blue check mark: Being verified is a privileged status on many social media sites, but perhaps none more than Instagram. Becoming a verified Instagrammer can be difficult, but if you’re ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter. She has more than 13 years of experience reporting ...

Seeing that shiny “Verified” badge on someone else’s Twitter profile can cause envy in some users — there are many cases of impostors on the service and, yeah, I know it’d make me feel special too. It ...

Blue checkmarks are now gone from previously "verified" people on Twitter – such as journalists, musicians, actors, sports celebs, and other high-profile tweeters – unless those users cough up ...

Zoom announced a slate of new security features users can take advantage of as the school year begins and millions continue to work and learn remotely. At Zoomtopia, the company announced that ...

Highly-followed Twitter accounts are being hacked and used to scam users. Twitter has not taken any action on these accounts. Credit: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Looking at ...

Update 5/1/23: Title updated to reflect this bug only allowed the user to see their legacy check. See update at end of article. A silly Twitter bug allowed previously-verified accounts to add their ...