Twitter is introducing video selfie and passport-scanning checks. Users that volunteer for the scheme enhancing verification will be recognised with an icon on their profile which proves their authenticity.
Twitter is synonymous with its blue tick icons which identifies verified celebrities on the platform. Twitter and other social media apps continuously face an uphill struggle to manage the proliferation of imposters using their apps. Fraudsters are bypassing identity measures to commit other illicit activities on social media sites such as selling products and promoting age-restricted content to underage users.
The charity Victim Support said Twitter needed to go “further” to clean up social media sites with mandatory verification.
The system, with a 67% successful match rate, was rolled out in Australia and New Zealand in 2023, with the US, Brazil and Mexico next to follow.
