# Identity Verification for public figures?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/identity-verification-for-public-figures/108756>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [2월 9, 2019, 5:29오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identity-verification-for-public-figures/108756 "2019-02-09T17:29:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/swamidass/32/119549_2.png) [@swamidass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [2월 9, 2019, 5:29오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identity-verification-for-public-figures/108756/1 "2019-02-09T17:29:38Z")

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What is the current best practice for identity verification?

I’m running a forum that has more and more public figures coming. I want to prevent impersonation and sock puppetting.

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