Abstract: Technologies for verifying user identities include a device having circuitry configured to determine whether a compute device of a user has requested to join a communication session hosted on a computer network based communication platform. The circuitry is also configured to perform a primary verification operation to verify an identity of the user. Additionally, the circuitry is configured to determine whether a social verification of the identity of the user, based on a human analysis of one or more exhibited characteristics of the user, is warranted, request, in response to a determination that social verification of the identity of the user is warranted and from a member of the communication platform, confirmation of the identity of the user, and weight the confirmation of the identity of the user as a function of trust data indicative of how the member knows the user.

Abstract: Technologies for preserving contextual data across video conferences include a compute device. The compute device includes circuitry configured to provide a graphical user interface that enables authenticated and approved users to hold a first video conference and share contextual data among the users in association with the first video conference. The circuitry is also configured to store a record of the contextual data shared among the authenticated and approved users. Additionally, the circuitry is configured to provide, in the graphical user interface and in association with a subsequent video conference among the users, the record of the contextual data that was shared among the users in association with the first video conference. The contextual data includes at least one of a textual communication and a file.

Abstract: Technologies for preserving contextual data across video conferences include a compute device. The compute device includes circuitry configured to provide a graphical user interface that enables authenticated and approved users to hold a first video conference and share contextual data among the users in association with the first video conference. The circuitry is also configured to store a record of the contextual data shared among the authenticated and approved users. Additionally, the circuitry is configured to provide, in the graphical user interface and in association with a subsequent video conference among the users, the record of the contextual data that was shared among the users in association with the first video conference. The contextual data includes at least one of a textual communication and a file.