Hacker News with Generative AI: Identity Verification

Bluesky Has an Impersonator Problem (technologyreview.com)
Like many others, I recently fled the social media platform X for Bluesky. In the process, I started following many of the people I followed on X. On Thanksgiving, I was delighted to see a private message from a fellow AI reporter, Will Knight from Wired. Or at least that’s who I thought I was talking to. I became suspicious when the person claiming to be Knight mentioned being from Miami, when Knight is, in fact, from the UK.
Social Security Admin to require in-person ID checks for new&existing recipients (apnews.com)
In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone.
Ask HN: Have you created a 'fake' (pseudo anonymous) social account; if so, why? (ycombinator.com)
Australia will soon have laws to prevent people under 16 accessing social media. An 'internet licence' of sorts (sites will have to verify users' identities)
Worldcoin becomes World and shows new iris-scanning Orb to prove your humanity (techcrunch.com)
Worldcoin, the Sam Altman co-founded “proof of personhood” crypto project that scans people’s eyeballs, announced on Thursday that it dropped the “coin” from its name and is now just “World.”
Ask HN: Would you send a photo holding your drivers license to rent a VPS? (ycombinator.com)