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

[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.

[amor143x]

i've seen women complain about getting dick pic's on LINKEDIN. men with their real names and current employers...!!1 i was shocked that i was shocked lol

[matsjhummels]

People are getting way too personal on their LinkedIn nowadays. Keep that stuff on Facebook. Nobody in your network wants to see your family photos.

[colapuss]

Do they contact the company about it, do companies care? I would fucking hope that’d be an instant fire but on the other hand men never face any consequences.

[amor143x]

One woman on Twitter got the company’s attention and the guy had deleted his profile. The others were women talking about it but not sure if they contacted the employers.

[quiet_storm]

Today very well known British nepotism journalist happily tweeted their glee at the death of another journalist who once hurt his fee fees so…yeah

[emu]

It would be like TV then