That’s a really good simple version of identity verification, but it would be beneficial to have something like academia’s ORCID system. ORCID provides a single ID with a wide range of meta data, education history, employment history, credentials, etc. It also stays valid across name changes, whereas it looks like presscheck.org is partially tied to their real name.
One of the many websites collecting handles: https://www.presscheck.org/
That’s a really good simple version of identity verification, but it would be beneficial to have something like academia’s ORCID system. ORCID provides a single ID with a wide range of meta data, education history, employment history, credentials, etc. It also stays valid across name changes, whereas it looks like presscheck.org is partially tied to their real name.