<![CDATA[Mastodon has an account verification system, but it works differently to most social networks.]]>Mastodon has an account verification system, but it works differently to most social networks. There is no central authority confirming people's identity, instead there is a self-service system based on ownership of websites or web pages. You can find out more at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account

For example, the official account for LibreOffice is @libreoffice and we know it is official because their profile page's link to https://www.libreoffice.org is green.

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Yup, that's another way of doing it 👍

For example the European Union has many official accounts such as @EUCommission in the "europa.eu" domain which is their official website.

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