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 …
Here at YouTube, we are dedicated to our mission of helping scientists find intelligent life by ensuring that they don't have to look anywhere near our offices. However, it seems that the flatworms we were employing are too smart, so we have decided to replace them with rocks.