Instagram wants suspected bot accounts to provide government IDs

Do companies such as instagram and websites with KYC requirements actually parse/save the data in the photo and look you up in a government database when you send your ID or does a random human just stare at your photo and make a judgement call like a bouncer? In either case, it's frightening that that is how it works.

Excepting a successful cryptocoin, and to a degree even with - is there a way to run a serious business without requiring government-issued ID? I simply cannot do business with an entity I don't believe is subject to any common law.

That ID needn't be direct - credit cards essentially provide reflected ID, since last time I checked I needed some proof of being a citizen or registered corp (more reflected ID?) to get one.

I can't help but be a little critical of libertarianism here", and that "Government-issued ID is evil" just means we're used bodged government-issued ID, because the business drivers for requiring government-issued ID at all levels are overwhelming. The battleground should be what reflected identity providers, like credit issuers, are required to disclose.

Same thing Facebook has been doing since forever?

An ID scan seems like a rather simple thing to fake...