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 …
Did anyone even ask for this. We don’t need a damn change. How about you stop hand selecting who you want verified to look more advertiser friendly to the public. Focus on I don’t know maybe being more fair with demonetizing every video that says death or a single curse word