i recently signed up for linkedin after years of sitting on the fence. Immediately they want to authenticate my account by having to send a copy of govt issued

i recently signed up for linkedin after years of sitting on the fence. Immediately they want to authenticate my account by having to send a copy of govt issued id card. I am 'not' a fan of that. Since then i stopped trying to login. Not sure if i should just create a new account because the first one was also fresh. Still, this is a pretty scummy way to collect id cards