Requiring a phone number does not stop creation by those that are set on doing so.
Maybe look into the steps of what obtaining that blue check mark entails and what being an authentic account is.
You won't be able to set up thousands of accounts using a single phone no or IP address
https://www.clickguard.com/blog/bot-farms-and-click-bots-invalid-clicks/
They can and they do.
Again, look at what twitter requires for an authenticated account.
In the future if Musk takes over, they won't be able to
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