Bad X announcement - Another step towards mandatory ID verification? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by madeindex@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47443525

I wonder if the people at X ever read their own announcements.

Literally explaining how they sold out and enshittified the "blue checkmark".

This also seem like yet another step towards mandatory IDverification on social media! (only to protect them kids & democratize the platforms of course 😉)

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[-] madeindex@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

agreed

this post was submitted on 28 May 2026

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