Would You Give Elon Musk’s X Your Government ID?

Would you give Elon Musk your government ID as a verification for your social media account?

According to a recent policy change for the X social media platform, government ID can now be used as a form of verification on the platform. As of now, this is optional, but it remains to be seen if it will stay that way.

Currently, the policy states that there are added and future benefits to using the ID verification system. The updated policy reads:

Insider Paper confirmed that “X has launched new ID verification feature on the web version,” and took users through a snapshot of the process.

NEW 🚨 X has launched new ID verification feature on the web version

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— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 14, 2023

According to Washington Examiner:

The ID verification is available in “numerous countries,” although X did not identify which countries.

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It stated the service is unavailable in the European Union, the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom, likely due to the country’s stricter data protection laws.

The X community was torn about the recent update and provided different perspectives on the new policies of Elon Musk’s X:

X (Twitter) ID Verification?

Everyone is freaking out about the announcement of Twitter ID Verification, but people are panicking for what appears to be nothing… for now.

All indications is that there is a consorted effort to get people to believe this will be mandatory and… pic.twitter.com/Hc4HG0naaO

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) September 15, 2023

ID verification has launched on the web version of X. How many will sell their souls to the Devil to keep earning a buck?

“The process requires users to consent to X storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in… pic.twitter.com/l13zDKWDBw

— Rachel. (@Rev1621) September 15, 2023

Tech Crunch noted:

The social network has partnered with Israel-based Au10tix for identity verification solutions.

The pop-up for ID verification indicates that the Au10tix could store this data for up to 30 days.