TikTok stars confused after blue checks removed from top accounts
TikTok’s removal of blue verified check marks from some popular accounts is causing an uproar among the app’s highly-followed stars.
TikTok’s removal of blue verified check marks from some popular accounts is causing an uproar among the app’s highly followed stars.
This month, TikTok suddenly unverified multiple accounts with millions of followers on the platform, including Dr. Miami, Bethenny Frankel, FaZe Rug and even Duolingo.
After the removal of the check marks, some affected users started to complain about the situation to their large followings, and other users began speculating and creating their own theories around why the check marks had been removed. The videos received tens of thousands of likes and thousands of comments, as fellow users joined in to talk about creators they saw that had been unverified.
The exact number of accounts that have been unverified these past few weeks is unknown, but NBC News found a dozen videos posted this month by creators with over 1 million followers each who claimed that they were confused about why they had suddenly lost their verification. Some users pointed out how other influencers like Sheri Nicole Easterling, Addison Rae’s mom, are now no longer verified either.
Plastic surgeon Michael Salzhauer, known to fans as Dr. Miami, has 3.2 million followers on TikTok and has been verified for years. He didn’t realize he was unverified until he started noticing comments from eagle-eyed fans on June 7.
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