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 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 ...

Big creators are at risk of losing their coveted checkmarks amid a YouTube verification purge. YouTube announced a new, stricter verification process on Thursday. The platform said it will be ...

Imagine a café. It's popular, with a large group of regulars who linger in front of the door each morning, all awaiting their next piping hot gulp. Because of the café's popularity, there's a neon ...

Information spreading on Reddit suggests YouTube is implementing some new address verification policy for YouTube Premium family plan subscribers. A user of the service recently received an email to ...

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 ...

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 ...

MediaNama’s Take: YouTube’s AI-driven age estimation in the US reflects a global trend toward proactive verification, but India’s adoption will be more complex. The DPDP Act mandates verifiable ...

YouTube is making it harder for channels to receive a verification badge indicating their authenticity — and the program’s new requirements mean that some channels won’t be eligible for verification.