YouTube is replacing checkmarks, which could inspire other social media platforms to follow suit — while angering creators in the process. Checkmarks, verified badges, and "blue ticks" are used by ...

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. In a surprising decision, YouTube is backtracking on its newly implemented channel verification plan. In ...

YouTube is facing a backlash from its content creators once again, this time for taking away and then re-instating the verification of a large number of channels. On Thursday, YouTube updated its ...

YouTube expands its age verification to more users. Google first announced the restriction back in July this year, noting that it would implement these checks in August. However, it wasn’t until late ...

YouTube’s verification program is getting a massive overhaul, the company announced today, which will likely result in a number of less prominent creators losing their verification status. Previously, ...

YouTube is about to make it considerably harder to earn that coveted "verified" status. The service has outlined a revamp of the verification process that will ditch the previous 100,000-subscriber ...

Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and Yahoo. He previously worked for PandoDaily and Fortune Magazine, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, on ...

YouTube is changing its verification program, including updating the look and the eligibility requirements, the company announced today. The way it works now is verified channels have checkmarks ...

YouTube is walking back its verification policy changes. Credit: Olly Curtis / Future via Getty Images YouTube's CEO is once again apologizing to the service's top users following a massive backlash ...

Less than 24 hours after YouTube announced that it would be changing its creator verification process, CEO Susan Wojcicki admitted that the news hasn’t gone over very well. “To our creators & users – ...

Jake Paul’s fans wrongly believed his channel was unverified by YouTube this week. The platform will be removing verification badges from many channels in October. Photo: Rich Fury/Getty Images The ...

What does YouTube verification actually mean? There are two types of verifications on YouTube: account verification and channel verification. Account verification: This is the typical authentication ...