YouTube offers a checkmark next to some channels to indicate that the account actually belongs to a notable person or brand. Now those eligibility requirements will change, and YouTube is notifying some people that they will lose their verification badge.
Like other platforms, YouTube offers a checkmark next to some channels to indicate that the account actually belongs to a notable person or brand -- whether that's a YouTube creator, celebrity, musical artist or company. Now those eligibility requirements will change, and YouTube is notifying some people with checkmarks via email that they will lose their verification badge in late October. Those people can appeal the decision through a form.
— AviatorGaming September 19, 2019 Previously, channels with over 100,000 subscribers could be verified and didn't have to prove their authenticity. "That worked well when YouTube was smaller, but as YouTube has grown and the ecosystem has become more complex, we needed a new way to verify the identity of channels and help users find the official channel they're looking for," YouTube said in the blog post.
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