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IG verification still requires validating your government ID matching your account name/bio, no? Twitter is just "do you have a working credit card #"?

This is one of the bullet points; no clue how strictly they enforce it:

• Notable: Your account must represent a well-known, highly searched for person, brand or entity. We review accounts that are featured in multiple news sources, and we don't consider paid or sponsored media content as sources for review.

I've never used Instagram, but I noticed all of the blue checks on Threads were famous people. Pay-to-play verification would kind of ruin it. Meta could have really built on their advantage over Twitter's blunders.