Twitter/X Partners With Israeli Digital ID Company to Verify Users' Identity

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Aug. 17, 2023

Elon Musk's Twitter/X is reportedly partnering with an Israeli digital ID company to provide premium users with an "optional" way to verify their identity by sharing selfies and their government ID.

🚨 👀 X is seemingly working on adding government ID verification with Israeli digital ID company AU10TIX. To verify by ID, users will have to upload a selfie and a photo of their government ID. via @X_ALERTS_ pic.twitter.com/gXTChLeFWJ
— Reclaim The Net (@ReclaimTheNetHQ) August 16, 2023

NOTE: ID verification will be *optional*.

It will be an additional way for verified (Premium) users to prove their identity, the same process Twitter 1.0 had for many years.

Seeing many users assuming this will be mandatory for all accounts when it won't be. https://t.co/E1mnNlCVtr
— X News Daily (@xDaily) August 16, 2023

There's no word yet on what the "benefits" of verifying your ID with this foreign firm will be.

The text only says it will be used "for the purposes of safety and security, including preventing impersonation."

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