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 …
How long until a fake youtube channel gets verified now instead of the actual channel? Literally have put zero thought into this. Spam botted into oblivion ala MySpace. I hope a bunch of the larger content creators move to another platform now.