eff, 1 year ago Verification was vital “because it meant that if you as a person reporting on something, or you just as a user, shared something from someone with a blue check mark, you could be sure it was from who they said they were" EFF’s Katharine Trendacosta https://www.ktvu.com/news/high-profile-celebrities-news-organizations-and-the-white-house-say-they-wont-pay-for-twitter-verification
Verification was vital “because it meant that if you as a person reporting on something, or you just as a user, shared something from someone with a blue check mark, you could be sure it was from who they said they were"
