Twitter removed verification badges from the accounts of prominent white nationalists after the social media giant released new criteria and standards for verified users.

Formerly verified white nationalists such as Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler, who organized the Charlottesville protest, found their accounts Wednesday without the blue checkmark signifying a verified account.

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