Facebook’s Verified Pages

Facebook will assist people finding the authentic accounts of celebrities and other high-profile people and businesses. Verified accounts will have a blue checkmark next to their names on the Timeline, in search results, and across Facebook.

Facebook will extend verified accounts to prominent public figures  including celebrities, journalists, government officials, popular brands, and businesses that have large audiences.

Like Twitter, Facebook will proactively verify authentic Pages and profiles, and users cannot request to be verified. Users can report fake accounts, however.

Twitter rolled out verified accounts in June 2012.