EU’s new social media child protection rules to require all social media accounts to produce state ID
www.independent.ie
Leaked documents suggest that some existing accounts will also be subject to identification checks

Full title: EU’s new social media child protection rules to require all social media accounts to produce state ID - Leaked documents suggest that some existing accounts will also be subject to identification checks

  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    And the anonymous internet gets another nail in the coffin. Endgame is every comment identifiable and legally (unlike state intelligence agencies) actionable against you, and the chilling effect that will have on free speech, communication, and organization.

    Hail the rise of techno fascism, the entire internet will be facebook.

    Can they not palm it off on the corpos to do for them? The states already have the identification apparatus, they should step up and provide age verification services. Meta and Steam do not need my photo ID, just that I’m over 18. If we can’t have freedom, at least minimize the harm.