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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) will now let paid users verify their accounts using a government ID in a bid to prevent impersonation and “maintain the integrity of the platform.” According to X’s updated verification policy (first seen via TechCrunch), the company may also request a government-issued ID “when needed” and is exploring additional measures to protect users from spam, malicious accounts, and content that isn’t age-appropriate.
All verification information — including photographs of user IDs and “extracted biometric data” — may be stored by AU10TIX for up to 30 days.
This may explain why X updated its privacy policy at the end of August to include carveouts for “biometric information.”
Additional benefits like a simplified review process needed to obtain a blue checkmark and greater flexibility to make account changes (including profile photo, display name, and user handle) are also in development.
X says it will also provide the option to use ID verification for “certain X features” as a means to increase trust in its platform.
ID-based verification is currently available in “numerous countries,” but X did not elaborate on specific locations.
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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."