Xpreviously known as Twitter, announced that it would start implementing a verification system based on the official identity documents of its users in each country. The move aims to combat phishing and provide additional benefits to verified users, such as priority support.

To carry out this process, the social network will collaborate with the Israeli company Au10tix, which specializes in identity validation systems, which will have access to user information for 30 days.

Although this raises concerns among users about the privacy of their personal data, X has assured that measures will be taken to protect sensitive user information.

Despite its global reach, the verification feature based on official documents will not be available on European Union (EU)He European Economic Area (EEA) and the UKdue to strict data protection laws in these regions.

The company reports that it may use the information to implement age-based content restrictions. However, X is expected to explore additional measures in the future, such as protection against spam and malicious accounts, to maintain integrity on the platform.

Users who successfully complete this process will see an icon on their profile indicating that their government ID has been verified. This information will only be visible when you click the blue check mark next to the user name.

Additionally, X has announced that accounts will receive “priority support” from

In addition to aiming to confirm people’s identities and avoid impersonation, this action seeks to speed up the verification review process for users who pay for premium subscriptions, previously known as Blue Twitter. It also allows users to frequently change their name, username, or profile photo without losing the blue badge.

X’s announcement comes after the platform changed its privacy policy in August to include the ability to capture the biometric data, education and employment history of its users.

At the time, the app said it would “help, for those who choose to do so, connect accounts to real people by processing government-issued IDs.” This will also help X combat phishing attempts and make the platform more secure.”

X made changes to its privacy policy to allow the use of user posts to train its models artificial intelligence. This regulation will come into effect on September 29 and Elon Musk responsible for clarifying what data will be collected.

The change in the app’s privacy policy specifically states that the purpose of collecting information is “to help train our machine learning or artificial intelligence models,” in addition to the app’s services. X.

In the same section, the public platforms that will be used by “information we collect and publicly available information”, meaning the data that will be used to train the AI ​​are text, images, videos and other publicly shared content, as well as profile descriptions .

Musk reinforced this goal, clarifying that “only” “public data” would be captured and “no direct messages or anything private” would be involved.