WhatsApp check marks explain whether your messages have been sent, delivered, or read. One gray check means the message was sent. Two gray check marks mean it was delivered. When the recipient reads ...

Twitter finally implemented a previously announced removal of blue check marks. The change means that only paying Twitter Blue subscribers will retain a blue check mark next to their name. Before Elon ...

Elon Musk’s move to upend Twitter’s longstanding verification system is turning the platform’s iconic blue check marks into a polarizing symbol of his leadership for some of Twitter’s most prominent ...

Twitter has started removing the blue check marks from accounts that have not signed up to its Blue subscription service. Before Elon Musk acquired Twitter last October in a deal worth $44 billion, ...

The promised changes to the platform’s verification program have been slow. Attention has focused instead on the image of a doge in place of the blue Twitter bird. By Kate Conger and Ryan Mac SAN ...

Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk's most despised news organizations. The removal comes as many of Twitter's high-profile ...

What do Twitter’s blue check marks signify? After this weekend, it’s increasingly difficult to figure out. On Thursday, Elon Musk’s Twitter finally followed through on its plan to remove blue ...

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