Following last week's report that thousands of verified YouTube accounts, including Android Police, could lose their verification checkmark badges, YouTube executives have decided to backpedal on their initial announcement.
Read MoreFollowing last week's report that thousands of verified YouTube accounts, including Android Police, could lose their verification checkmark badges, YouTube executives have decided to backpedal on their initial announcement.
Read MoreYouTube has had checkmarks depicting verified accounts for quite some time now, though such a badge only indicates a channel has more than 100,000 subscribers – no additional checks were involved. With recent misinformation and unsafe content spreading across the platform and hurting it financially, YouTube announced on Thursday it's tightening its verification program, which might lead to some channels losing their verified status.
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