Instagram will start asking suspicious accounts to verify their identity with a government ID | BISouthAfrica
Instagram plans to start asking accounts it deems suspicious to verify their identities using a government-issued ID.
"This includes accounts potentially engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior, or when we see the majority of someone's followers are in a different country to their location, or if we find signs of automation, such as bot accounts,"However, it's unclear what this policy means for Instagram accounts not associated with a name, and raises privacy concerns for accounts through which revealing their identity could cause harm — like accounts organising Black Lives Matter...
Instagram did not respond to Business Insider's request to explain its definition of a"suspicious" account. An Instagram spokesperson said they would provide comment to Business Insider, but did not respond by the time of publication.
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