Comment by FireBeyond
6 hours ago
Google has no problems "verifying" me with mapping to my phone number, etc. (Actually, it does, after a long and storied startup career, I can no longer create a new Google account because my phone number "has been used too often").
There's also the asymmetry of "you don't need to supply ID to make a DMCA claim, but you will to appeal it", which people can and have used to discover identities for more harassment.
There should be verification that:
* the reporter actually exists * and is in fact who claim to be * and ALSO that they have control of the copyright in question
If any of these is not required then asymmetry is far too much.