Idris Elba wants social media users to be verified with their real life identification information

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Idris Elba pushes for social media platforms to verify all users. https://t.co/5lHHMprrju
- Complex Pop Culture (@ComplexPop) July 18, 2021
“People in the public eye get verified on social media,” he wrote in a statement, “the process of verification requires them to prove their identity...” He went on to write, in all caps, “SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES

Comments

[alpaca_lover]

No, i value my privacy more than i value whatever bullying is going on there, its not my responsibility to be nice to celebrities at all

[volumise]

no babe

[kawaiiairbender]

I understand the reasoning but i think it may do more harm than good.

But I guess it would be a great way to keep me off SM

[doriiansz]

Abolish celebrity.

[ljtryout]

….On a Celebrity Gossip blog?

[doriiansz]

I said what I said and I know where I am.

[blrocks]

Is he fucking serious? The only people on sm would be celebrities and people with zero common sense.

[euraylie]

There are a lot of people with zero common sense though

[evett]

you'd be surprised the horrible shit people are willing to say under their real names right now

[blrocks]

I'm really not, but Idris's idea sounds like the #1 way to shut down any sort of social justice that occurs through sm. If he wants people to stop being shitty on sm, then sm companies need to do their fucking jobs.