Gregory's Server@kent @joannastern I love the idea of organizations setting up their own closed instances on a trusted domain name to establish identity verification.
An easy way to "verify" yourself without needing to go to that trouble is to set up link verification on your profile: https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106274105538953001
A special link on any website you own pointing at your Mastodon profile will show with a check mark on your profile page.
@Eliot_L @kent @joannastern that works great for individuals but not for people working for a big organization like BBC. For example if John Doe is a journalist there I could register johndoe(dot)online and fake my legitimate account.
Most people don't know whether some journalist owns johndoe(dot)co.uk or johndoe(dot)online