LinkedIn Launches Government ID-Based Verification in Canada to Build Trust

LinkedIn Launches Government ID-Based Verification in Canada to Build Trust
A sculpture on a terrace outside the offices of LinkedIn in San Francisco in a Sept. 22, 2016, file photo. Eric Risberg/AP/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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Canadian LinkedIn users wanting to ensure the public that they’re the real deal now have another method of verifying their online/digital identity: government identification.

The Microsoft-owned platform announced Thursday that it is giving its 22 million Canadian members the option to verify their profiles by providing a copy of their government identification to a third-party company partnering with LinkedIn.