A verified badge or blue tick is a badge used by social media websites to visually indicate that an account genuinely belongs to the person it purports to represent.
In August 2011, Google+ announced that they will be introducing verification badges on public figures profiles.[1]
In December 2014, Instagram announced that they will be introducing verification badges on public figures and celebrities profiles.[2]
On August 28, 2018, Instagram began allowing users to request verification within the app.[3]
In February 2012, Facebook introduced verification badges for profiles and pages.[4]
In June 2015, Pinterest announced that they are introducing verification badge for public figures profiles.[5]
In June 2009, Twitter introduced this feature for public figures profiles.[6]
In July 2016, they announced that now any user can apply for verification badge.[7][8]
On February 26th 2018, Twitter announced they would be stopping all public submissions for verification. [9]