It should be easy to know when you’ve found the official YouTube channel of a creator, artist, brand, or public figure. So in late October, we’re updating what it means for channels to be “Verified” w/ new eligibility criteria & a new look. Details → https://yt.be/help/3QfB pic.twitter.com/JXOvMbkbns
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Replying to @TeamYouTube
STUPID CHANGE!

Verification helps Youtubers find other Youtubers in their comments. Collabs and friendships in the community start this way.
Not to mention the help in sorting out impersonators from real accounts.
Any fan can use any name or avatar, it’s chaos without it.pic.twitter.com/YtMzcwgnZs
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Replying to @nerdcity @TeamYouTube
Remember that time the media used who
@pewdiepie was following as a narrative of “endorsement”? This is YT (imho) protecting itself against further fines be the Gov and Media can choose to interpret verification as endorsement and hit them like that $170M fine. More regs coming1 reply 1 retweet 37 likes
The verification tick was automatic at 100k. This way it IS a stamp approval now. They're inserting a human decision where none had ever been necessary. That's the opposite of what service provider does to avoid liability.
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