In order to be certified with a "badge" (like a blue checkmark on Twitter), you need to provide photo I.D. Any confidential info is blacked out. The only thing submitted is available to anyone with a laptop. I'm an attorney with background in intelligence. I didn't send them anything that could be used to damage me in a conventional sense. I do not, however, like the idea of being put on some kind of ideology list.
In order to be certified with a "badge" (like a blue checkmark on Twitter), you need to provide photo I.D. Any confidential info is blacked out. The only thing submitted is available to anyone with a laptop. I'm an attorney with background in intelligence. I didn't send them anything that could be used to damage me in a conventional sense. I do not, however, like the idea of being put on some kind of ideology list.
Probably why he blacked out confidential information.