“Bluesky will proactively verify authentic and notable accounts and display a blue check next to their names. Additionally, through our Trusted Verifiers feature, select independent organizations can verify accounts directly. Bluesky will review these verifications as well to ensure authenticity,” the company wrote.

Bluesky has introduced blue checks to verify “authentic and notable accounts” on the social media platform. The new feature is reminiscent of the verification system adopted by Twitter before Elon Musk’s takeover of the app.

Bluesky is adding blue checks to accounts to "authentic and notable accounts" in a system that's reminiscent of one that Twitter had before Elon Musk ended it on the platform that's now called X. The big picture: "Bluesky will proactively verify" such accounts and "display a blue check next to their names" because "trust is everything,