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#identityverification — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #identityverification, aggregated by home.social.

  1. NiemanLab: Japanese publishers are fighting imposter news sites with a cryptographic signature. “[Originator Profile] isn’t meant to judge whether all of the content on a website is true. It doesn’t authenticate specific photographs or video clips. Instead, it authenticates the site itself — for example, confirming that a news article is genuinely coming from the news organization it […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/15/niemanlab-japanese-publishers-are-fighting-imposter-news-sites-with-a-cryptographic-signature/
  2. 🚨⚠️ URGENT ‼️ Congress is pushing through 18 bills that could age-gate and censor the internet as we speak.

    Call the House Energy and Commerce committee + your own representatives and tell them you OPPOSE these efforts!

    badinternetbills.com

    #BadInternetBills #Censorship #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #ScreenAct #Section230 #Section230Reform #USpol #USgov #Privacy #PoliticalAction #resist #UScongress #Section230 #OnlineIDcheck #KOSA #SCREENAct #EarnItAct #CooperDavisAct #stopcsam

  3. Ars Technica: Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year. “Google has announced plans to begin verifying the identities of all Android app developers, and not just those publishing on the Play Store. Google intends to verify developer identities no matter where they offer their content, and apps without verification won’t work on most Android devices in the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/26/ars-technica-google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/