I used to frequently disassemble Facebook and Instagram app codes.Jane Manchun Wong, a Hong Kong engineer, revealedTwitter may be preparing to implement a new user identity verification mechanism, allowing users to provide sufficient supporting documents and the system will automatically complete the verification.
An increasing number of politicians, celebrities, and famous people are using online social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook. They interact with their supporters and fans through these platforms, and also use them to promote specific content for marketing. However, this also attracts many malicious individuals to impersonate these accounts and use them for fraud and other activities.
Therefore, Twitter and Facebook have recently launched their own account identity verification services, allowing account users to declare their identities to the public through a verification mark. However, to obtain verification, sufficient supporting documents are often required, and it is also necessary to wait for the server to complete the verification, which usually takes a considerable amount of time.
The new identity verification mechanism discovered by Twitter this time will allow users to provide documents that can fully prove their personal identity, and the system will automatically complete the verification. It is obvious that Twitter hopes to verify whether each account holder is the real person through a simpler, faster and more complete method.
Twitter has not clarified the content of Huang Wenjin's post. Product Manager Kayvon Beykpour even responded in a tweet, saying that they are currently planning a more complete self-verification service, which is expected to allow more Twitter account users to prove their personal identity through verification, thereby reducing the proportion of fraud through fake accounts.
Twitter is working on “Request Verification”?
(I'm not Twitter employee. I'm not tech support) pic.twitter.com/ED58QsD7kM
- Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) June 7, 2020
