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- X may start selling inactive usernames to Verified Organizations for $10K https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/x-may-soon-start-selling-inactive-usernames-to-verified-organizations-starting-at-10k-code-reveals/ 2 comments
- Trump Organization to use E-Verify for worker status checks https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-trump-organization-to-use-e-verify-for-worker-status-checks-2019-1 4 comments politics
- The World Health Organization has verified 43 attacks on health care, with 12 people killed and 34 injured, including health workers https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-remarks-at-united-nations-security-council-meeting-on-ukraine-17-march-2022 3 comments worldnews
- US will not accept World Health Organization findings out of Wuhan without independently verifying https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3121217/us-will-not-accept-world-health-organization-findings-out-wuhan-without 1381 comments worldnews
- The World Health Organization has officially verified Jordan as the first country in the world to have eliminated leprosy. Also known as Hansen’s disease, leprosy still occurs in more than 120 countries, with more than 200 000 new cases reported every year, WHO said. https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q2069 6 comments science
- Meme token scams violating copyright are apparently verified organizations on Twitter. https://twitter.com/not_pr0/status/1656681480519823361 25 comments cryptocurrency
- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) seeks to verify 'worrying' reports of Arctic heat record https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-climate-change-wmo/wmo-seeks-to-verify-worrying-reports-of-arctic-heat-record-idukkbn23u1ot 3 comments worldnews
- Amazon Rekognition - Deep learning-based image recognition. Search, verify, and organize millions of images https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/ 5 comments programming
- Verified Accounts That Shared Misinformation Grew Quickly During the Israel-Hamas Conflict: Several of the fastest-growing accounts that have posted multiple false claims about the conflict now have more followers than some regional news organizations actively covering it. https://www.propublica.org/article/x-verified-accounts-misinformation-israel-hamas-conflict 39 comments dataisbeautiful
- Human Rights Watch Verifies War Crimes Committed by Azerbaijan: The human rights organization confirmed, through an expert analysis of a video released online, that Azerbaijani troops unlawfully executed Armenian prisoners of war https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/human-rights-watch-verifies-war-crimes-committed-azerbaijan-205392 81 comments worldnews
- [Westhead] NDP MP Peter Julian says national sports organizations have been required for 20 years to have independent harassment officers for complainants. Julian asks if there's a system for Sport Canada to verify NSOs following rules. Ruest: "Well, that's what we're setting up now." https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/1551971097150619648 20 comments hockey
- UK pornography industry proposes user ID checks for adult websites. Scheme to verify visitors' identity with organizations such as banks and mobile providers has support but critics say there are privacy concerns. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/may/26/pornography-industry-user-id-checks-adult-websites-privacy 16 comments privacy
- "Reddit -- I am running for President of the United States, and seeking the Democratic nomination. I need you to stand with me and organize an unprecedented grass-roots campaign. Are you in?" - Bernie Sanders (verified in /r/SandersForPresident. Proof of quote and identity linked in comments) https://berniesanders.com/?ms=reddit150430 10 comments politics
- The verified Twitter account for WikiLeaks, the organization founded by Julian Assange that publishes state secrets, has lashed out at something called the “Jewish pro-censorship lobby” for “legitimiz[ing] attacks on “Charlie Hebdo for ‘offensive’ speech.” http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/01/08/wikileaks-jewish-pro-censorship-lobby-legitimized-attacks-on-charlie-hebdo/ 12 comments worldnews