We don't know if the reviewer here is guilty of some wrong, but posting his passport is definitely wrong from the business' side, even if it's not technically illegal in that country.
Their hope is that he will recognized and denied service or treated with kid gloves by other airlines.
You can share his name, or at least the name he uses to send similar messages for that. No need to share a document that will be used by dangerous people to impersonate him.
Pedant's note: To 'handle with kid gloves' refers to an especially soft and delicate type of leather ('kidskin', from an original and now archaic sense of 'kid' meaning a young goat), and as a figure describes especially gentle or deferential treatment.
Seems like that might be one interpretation. Instead of denying service, say we don't give influencers money for reviews and make sure he has nothing to complain about, even if he has nothing to gush about. Then a shitty review would be obviously because of the lack of payola.
No, they wouldn't want other airlines giving him extra nice service, they'd want other airlines treating him as toxic. Which is not the meaning of "kid gloves."
Yeah. You can show influencers as hard a hand as you like, for all of me; I'm only here to clarify that "kid gloves" reads as if to ask for showing them a soft one.
Projektfu's interpretation is what I had in mind, actually. Some airlines might prefer to avoid conflict by treating the guy as delicately as possible. I don't know what the thoughts of the Timorese airline are.
I'm not really sure why an East Timorese regional airline needs to give a damn what an American Youtuber thinks or says. Pretty sure this guy's audience is not the market they're playing to.
In the German equivalent the gloves are made of velvet: "mit Samthandschuhen anfassen"