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Facebook has officially acquired government ID verification startup Confirm.io in a bid to boost security and authenticity on its social network.

Also in 2018, Facebook began demanding ID verification for political “issue” ad buyers on debated topics of national legislative importance.

Code explorer Jane Manchun Wong has discovered a reference to a purported facial recognition system in Facebook's mobile app that would verify your identity.

Facebook has snapped up a software firm that created tools allowing startups to instantly authenticate driver's licenses and other government IDs. The social network said that Boston-based Confirm ...

No, it's not a clever phishing scam -- if Facebook or Instagram suspends your account and wants to see your photo ID, you'll have to send in a picture.

If Facebook ID verification were to become standard practice, a lied-about age on a profile could actually backfire, and make a real ID look fake.

This verification and name change disclosure process could prevent hugely popular Facebook Pages from being built up around benign content, then sold to cheats or trolls who switch to sharing ...

Facebook is asking some users to upload a face photo to verify their identity when automated processes spot suspicious activity … The company told Wired that face recognition is automated, and ...