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
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- 22 hours
Can they just stop pretending these laws are not about eroding privacy and be honest for ounce.
22 hoursWell if everyone’s identity is stolen then I guess your identity will mean nothing.
- mbirth 🇬🇧@lemmy.mlEnglish22 hours
How else is Mrs. von der Leyen supposed to sue people that speak badly about EU politicians?
If she wasn’t corrupt and incompetent people wouldn’t say that about her, so maybe she should improve her bad reputation or step down as incompetent supreme.
- mbirth 🇬🇧@lemmy.mlEnglish22 hours
You’re talking about someone that had her floor in the EU building fortified, only allowing access for a few selected people. Does that look like she intends to improve her reputation to you?
EU’s new social media
child protectionstate surveillance rules to require all social media accounts to produce state IDFTFY
- schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish22 hours
Ironically, kids might still get around the new restriction by using a virtual private network (VPN) connection, which virtually positions the computer in another country, at the time of signing up.
This is just going to be one long pointless game of whackamole and as effective as Prohibition was in the US.
- Séimhe (sé / é)@lemmy.worldEnglish21 hours
The US claim they are going after the VPN companies now too. Of course it could be all lies and deflection like most things they say now.
- CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish21 hours
That stuff would 100% get leaked and ruin many lives. Hell it would ruin lives even if only authorized authorities have access to it because some perverted cops or politicians will abuse it to stalk women and children. They‘re already doing it but getting a live feed of someone’s online activity by typing in a single number makes it so much more convenient for bad actors. And it would also get leaked on top of it.
Honestly? State ID is better than the current solution which is giving Thiel-affiliated companies photo and other data.
Ideally I’d rather have a governments provided digital ID that’s more secure and just gives the company limited metadata instead of full ID info provided from gov’t to company. Put in rules requiring warrants or subpoenas for lookups.
