The story of Twitter’s blue checkmarks — a simple verification system that’s come to be viewed as an elite status symbol — began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began taking ...

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The story of Twitter's blue checkmarks -- a simple verification system that's come to be viewed as an elite status symbol -- began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began taking ...

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Twitter’s blue check: Vital verification or status symbol? While many verified users on Twitter are famous, there are also community activists, journalists at small newspapers and outlets inside and ...

FILE - The Twitter page of Elon Musk is seen on the screen of a computer in Sausalito, Calif., on Monday, April 25, 2022. Elon Musk wants to change how Twitter doles out its checkmark badges for ...