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NewsThe record of official accounts hasn’t caught up with Bluesky and ThreadsOf 155,129 public figures and organisations we list, 13.3% record a Threads account and 1.4% Bluesky. German politicians lead on Bluesky and Mastodon; Brazil’s and Japan’s went to Threads.NewsThe official account is gone, and the record still says it’s realOf 51,263 listed accounts our checker has a verdict on, 1,135 no longer exist, and Wikidata still lists 97.6% of those as current. What we have removed since, and what is left.GuideHow to check whether a social media account is officialHow to tell whether a social media account is the official one: why a badge alone isn’t proof, the checks to make, the signs of an impersonator, and how to report one on each platform.GuideFinding a VHID and linking to an entryHow to find the VHID of a Verified Handles entry, and how to link to an entry so the link keeps working.GuideWhat a VHID isA VHID is the permanent 11-digit number that identifies an entry on Verified Handles. How entries get one, and why it never costs anything.