Spotify launches a "Verified by Spotify" badge for podcasts to help "authenticate creator identity", after releasing it for music in April (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)

Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: Spotify launches a “Verified by Spotify” badge for podcasts to help “authenticate creator identity”, after releasing it for music in April — The platform recently did something similar for music. — Spotify is launching verification badges for podcasts to help “authenticate creator identity and likeness.”