Social media
Make authentic users the foundation of safer communities
AI-powered identity verification that stops bots, fake accounts, and deepfakes while ensuring compliance and a seamless user experience. Every identity clears independent layers of defense.
We secure identities across social media worldwide
AI-powered identity verification, age assurance, and bot defense for social platforms and online communities.
What social media platforms are up against
A new era of fraud for social media
Generative AI has created threats that legacy security systems cannot contain. More than 30% of US organizations report account takeover, identity theft, and fraudulent account openings as their top business threats (Experian).
AI-powered fraud at scale
Generative AI fuels bots, fake profiles, and deepfakes that bypass outdated checks. Up to 70% of businesses expect AI fraud to top their challenges within three years (Experian).
Bots and fake accounts
Bot farms and fake profiles distort reach, poison engagement metrics, and drain advertiser trust in the platform.
Protecting minors
Age rules are now law in market after market. A platform that cannot prove users' ages risks features, fines, or the market itself.
Safety versus growth
Stronger verification protects users and advertisers, but every step of friction costs signups. That trade-off defines the industry.
Incode solutions
Built for social media platforms
Coverage across the full account lifecycle, from signup and age checks to every appeal and recovery that follows.
Identity verification
Document, liveness, and face checks prove a real human is behind every new account, in seconds.
Learn moreAge assurance
Data checks, facial age estimation, and document verification prove age and protect minors, market by market.
Learn moreBot and fake-account defense
Passive liveness and Deepsight stop bots, fake profiles, and AI-generated faces at account creation.
Learn moreRegulatory compliance
GDPR, CCPA, and child-protection alignment, with global watchlist and sanctions screening across 190+ countries.
Learn more99%
fraud reduction
40%
higher conversion rates
2x
faster age checks
User experience
How it works
Verification adapts to the level of assurance you need, adding stronger checks only when required.
Why social media platforms choose Incode
Independent layers of defense for every account
Fraud that adapts will eventually fool any single check. Incode verifies every identity across independent layers, each reading a different signal, in milliseconds. Real users pass without friction while fraud has to beat every layer at once.
Document verification
AI-powered detection of paper forgeries, screen spoofs, and digitally generated IDs. International identity documents supported.
See it in actionBiometric liveness
Liveness detection confirms a live person is present and matches the face to the document in milliseconds.
See it in actionAI-generated document detection
Deepsight for Documents catches forged, tampered, and fully synthetic IDs, fraud that template checks and barcode validation were never built to see. 8.8x more fraud caught than document checks alone.
See it in actionInclusive age estimation
Top-ranked facial age estimation identifies minors with 99% accuracy, and stays accurate across all demographics.
See it in actionCross-platform fraud signals
Our collaborative intelligence solution links bot farms, banned users, and repeat offenders across accounts and platforms.
See it in actionPrivacy is the architecture
We made privacy a founding conviction long before regulation or the market asked for it. Incode's AI-first identity verification reduces fraud while remaining private and compliant.
Read the ManifestoCase study
TikTok runs age assurance across a global user base. When a user has to prove their age, Incode verifies their identity to resolve the appeal, without turning legitimate people away or holding more of their data than it needs.
Social media · Global
FAQ
Common questions about identity verification for social media
Still have questions? Talk to an expertHow do social media platforms verify user age?
Age verification on social platforms runs as a ladder: a data check against official records first, facial age estimation from a selfie in seconds, and a document check only when required. Incode adapts the level of assurance to each market's rules, so real users keep signing up.
How does Incode stop bots and fake accounts on social media?
Bots and fake accounts fail the one test they cannot fake: a live human face. Passive liveness and Deepsight catch replayed, injected, and AI-generated faces at account creation, while duplicate detection links repeat offenders across accounts.
What is age assurance on social media?
Age assurance covers the methods a platform uses to establish how old a user is: data checks, facial age estimation, and document verification. On social platforms it keeps minors out of adult experiences and resolves age appeals, where a flagged user proves their real age. Incode runs age assurance for one of the world's largest platforms, verifying 18M+ users a year while holding no more data than it needs.
Do social media platforms have to verify users' ages?
A growing list of regulators requires platforms to keep minors out of adult experiences, from UK Online Safety Act duties to US state age-assurance laws and EU child-protection rules. Incode's adaptive flows meet each market's requirements, without one-size-fits-all friction.
Can a deepfake pass Incode's verification?
No. Passive liveness detection plus Deepsight block the face swaps, injected camera feeds, and AI-generated faces that fuel fake profiles and impersonation.
Does identity verification hurt signup conversion?
No. Verification starts with the lightest possible check and escalates only when risk or regulation requires it, so most users pass in seconds. Incode customers see 40% higher conversion rates alongside stronger fraud prevention.
Resources
Resources on social media
Incode Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Identity Verification for the Third Consecutive Year
Incode is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification for the third consecutive year. Download the report.
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Incode and Interac Join Forces to Provide Superior Identity Verification in Canada
Incode and Interac partner to strengthen identity verification in Canada, adding deepfake detection and document verification to Interac Verified™.
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Stop Accepting “Good Enough” Identity Verification
Government agencies lose billions to fraud when identity verification falls short of NIST standards. See why “good enough” is no longer sufficient.
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