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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Alan Martin

Gmail follows Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn with blue checkmarks

Google has joined Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn in adding verified blue checkmarks to confirm the identity of business Gmail accounts.

The idea is that it will give consumers more confidence that they’re dealing with official accounts, in a world where scammers are getting increasingly proficient at impersonating others via social engineering techniques.

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