Twitter sells verification but Microsoft will do it for free • The Register

As Elon Musk tears at Twitter’s credibility by demanding businesses and individuals pay for their blue verification checks, Microsoft is pushing ts own free digital ID technology to companies and their employees on LinkedIn. Later this month, Microsoft will let organizations use its Verified ID tool to prove their workers’ employment, with staff then being able to display that employment verification on their LinkedIn profiles. Like the trust the unpaid-for blue check mark on Twitter once conveyed, the Verified ID on LinkedIn will show that the people on the business-focused network – which has about 900 million users – work at where they say they work. “By simply looking for a Verification, members and organizations can be more confident that the people they collaborate with are authentic and that work affiliations on their profiles are accurate,” wrote Joy Chik, president of identity and network access at Microsoft. Enter Entra Verified ID is a managed identify verification service that is part of Microsoft’s Entra product portfolio, an umbrella unit created last year that covers all of the vendor’s identity and access capabilities. It’s a tool in the company’s larger push for a decentralized approach to digital identities. “In our everyday lives
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