X (earlier Twitter) to introduce govt ID, dwell selfies for consumer verification: Report

X, the social media platform previously often called Twitter, is reportedly testing a brand new characteristic that can require a consumer to add picture of a government-issued ID, together with a dwell selfie, to get their deal with verified on the billionaire Elon Musk-owned service.

This is based on Nima Owji, whose X profile describes him as an ‘independent app researcher and blogger who looks for the features of upcoming different apps.’

“#X keeps working on the ID verification. You should upload a photo of your ID and take a live selfie,” Owji wrote in a put up on Wednesday.

He additionally supplied a screenshot of the ID verification characteristic, exhibiting that the verification of an account will take about 5 minutes. The consumer should first put together a authorities ID, then examine if their machine’s digicam is uncovered and dealing, and at last, be ready to take pictures of the ID, together with a dwell selfie.

According to Mashable, the tech large is introducing the federal government ID system to to confirm the individual’s authenticity or, in different phrases, to forestall impersonation.

In March, too, X (then Twitter) was reported to be testing such a characteristic.