DoorDash Rolls Out Account Security Verification

<p class&equals;"sc-a411a3e6-10 fpVduX">DoorDash&comma; the nation&&num;8217&semi;s leading food-delivery service&comma; says it is rolling out more frequent identity re-verification and new machine learning technology to verify Dashers are who they say they are&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"sc-a411a3e6-10 fpVduX">The company will now require more than 150&comma;000 Dashers to re-verify their identity each week&period; There has been a growing market of gig users renting out their accounts on DoorDash and other platforms to others looking to earn money<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"sc-a411a3e6-10 fpVduX">The identity safeguards are being used to account sharing&comma; with monthly deactivations of inauthentic accounts doubling since last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"sc-a411a3e6-10 fpVduX">DoorDash says it has strong safeguards to help ensure Dashers are who they say&comma; to keep bad actors off the delivery platform&comma; and to prevent deactivated Dashers from coming back&period; Before anyone can dash&comma; they must verify their identity with a government ID and complete a background check&period; To prevent unauthorized access to the platform&comma; Dashers also must re-verify their identity through regular real-time selfies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;