These organizations will be given a scalloped blue check mark on their Bluesky accounts. The initial batch of publications selected as trusted verifiers includes The New York Times and WIRED ...

Bluesky, the decentralized alternative to Twitter, is preparing to introduce significant changes to its verification process.

How Bluesky verification works. According to a blog post announcing the change, Bluesky's moderation team will "proactively ...

Along with verifying celebrities, one of Twitter's main reasons to mark profiles with a free blue check mark starting ... as well as little-known journalists at small publications around the ...

Thus, a blue check mark will now simply serve as a verification that the account is a paid user," the email read. The guidance doesn't necessarily apply to government agencies, but according to ...