Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and Yahoo. He previously worked for PandoDaily and Fortune Magazine, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, on ...

YouTube is replacing checkmarks, which could inspire other social media platforms to follow suit — while angering creators in the process. Checkmarks, verified badges, and "blue ticks" are used by ...

Big creators are at risk of losing their coveted checkmarks amid a YouTube verification purge. YouTube announced a new, stricter verification process on Thursday. The platform said it will be ...

YouTube is facing a backlash from its content creators once again, this time for taking away and then re-instating the verification of a large number of channels. On Thursday, YouTube updated its ...