W Social (@wsocial.eu)

1/5 We’ve upgraded W’s verified badge to give you more context about the person behind the keyboard. Real humans. More trust. Your real name stays optional.

A New Form of Verification on Bluesky - Bluesky

We’re introducing a new layer of verification — a user-friendly, easily recognizable badge. Additionally, independent organizations can verify accounts directly through our Trusted Verifiers feature.

Verified.Quest

Below you will find answers to the most common questions about this project, instructions for requesting verification, and details on how to see badges on the Officially Verified accounts in your feed.

I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over.

I wanted a blue badge on LinkedIn. To get it, I gave a US company my passport, my face, and my biometric data. Then I read the fine print.

Name Checker - Social Media Username Checker

Check the availability of your desired Brand Name through our social media username checker (name checker). Claim your online identity across Social Media!

FR#150 – On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm

Bluesky built a verification system designed to distribute trust, and then didn't use it when it mattered.

🌸 ellie 🌸 on Twitter / X

One benefit of a “proof of fidelity” system where you aren’t trying to solve for such a narrow question of “is this a human”, is that you don’t need to rely on means of validation that can be biased or inaccessible for many actual humans, such as gov IDs or irl events.2/x— 🌸 ellie 🌸 (@heyellieday) July 29, 2021

Privacy Notice - W Identity

W Identity AB, Malmgårdsvägen 63, 116 38 Stockholm, Sweden, “W Identity”, “we”, “us”, or “our”, is the controller responsible for the processing of personal data described in this Privacy Notice.

Building the world's trusted identity platform • Yoti

Our comprehensive suite of customer verification tools make it easy for businesses to be compliant and safe for people to prove who they are.