Additional clarification:
No one lost a verification badge today–If you received an email that your channel will no longer be verified, this was just an advanced notice & you can appeal
The checkmark has never appeared on YouTube mobile channel pages (this will be added soon)https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1174735005215420416 …
That thing that absolutely nobody asked for, that you guys implemented because you could, and when it backfired and tons of people DID lose that oh so precious verification badge, you're now backpedaling to save your asses from getting canned by your probably homicidal boss.