Telegram says only services with an official bot verified by Telegram can apply to become a third-party verifier, helping to “prevent scams and reduce misinformation.” X has a similar feature that lets verified organizations assign affiliation badges to related accounts.

Telegram is enhancing its current verification system with a serious upgrade: Now, verified accounts can apply to verify other accounts and chats, starting a decentralized verification system.

Telegram today announced the launch of a new feature that will allow official third-party services to assign extra verification icons to

Decentralised platform” for verification is aimed at curtailing fraud on the platform, and supposedly sets a “new safety standard”.

Telegram has recently announced a plethora of new features, including a third-party verification that aims to curb scams on the platform. This comes after the application and CEO Pavel Durov suffered were charged in Spetember 2024.