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X can now ask users for government IDs to verify their paid accounts (www.theverge.com)
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[–] venusenvy47@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

Just reading the text on the X site has some interesting contradictions, such as:

Benefits: Benefit from increased trust from other users who will see your ID verification label when they hover over your blue check mark.

More benefits to come: Speed up the process of obtaining a blue check mark through a simplified review process.

Translation: "You can trust us more because we will take more shortcuts in verifying people."