2) An account with the blue check mark can also mean that the person has ... State-affiliated media: Twitter applies this label (podium icon) to media houses that don’t have editorial independence.

A check mark had for years meant that Twitter had verified the identity of the user behind an account, and the icon was considered something of a status symbol. But under Mr. Musk, who bought ...

Musk upended the legacy check mark system soon after he took control of the company, rolling out a feature in the company’s Twitter Blue subscription service that let anyone pay $7.99 and get a ...

There are now two Blaire Erskines on Twitter. One is a popular comedian with a photo of a cat and a check mark next to her name saying she is “verified.” The other Blaire Erskine has a photo ...