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Meta tackles AI-generated accounts with a free Facebook verification badge

Meta has introduced Facebook Verified, a free badge that confirms a profile's identity through a selfie check, aiming to help users distinguish real people from bots or AI-generated accounts on Marketplace, dating profiles, and Groups. The company stated that as AI makes it easier to do more on Facebook, a clear signal of human identity becomes crucial.

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Meta has introduced Facebook Verified, a free badge meant to show that a person behind a profile has completed identity verification through a selfie check. (Source: Meta) The company says the goal is to give users a signal that they are dealing with a person, not a bot or an AI-generated account, when browsing Marketplace listings, dating profiles, or Group conversations. “As AI makes it easier to do more on Facebook, a clear signal that … More

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