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> I can’t see removing anonymity doing much other than e.g. hurting LGBT groups online (imagine asking questions as a member of that group in a conservative com
by formerly_proven 5y ago
> I can’t see removing anonymity doing much other than e.g. hurting LGBT groups online (imagine asking questions as a member of that group in a conservative community and forced to use your real name)
Consider that this could be one of the motivations behind the push for things like this.
- colpabar 5y agoIn all seriousness, do you really think that any current western government is anti-lgbt? Do you have any examples?
- formerly_proven 5y agoI don't think you can generally expect LGBT support from western governments at large. However, I didn't actually mean the governments themselves with my comment above, but the various christian and puritan lobbying groups.
- whimsicalism 5y agoYes, in parts of Europe certainly and many state governments as well. Casual homophobia remained "in" in the US until at least 2010, which is not all that long ago.
- tlholaday 5y agoYes. Search “Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act North Carolina”
- guerrilla 5y agoWhy would it matter if it's a government if it's public? Also, yes, definitely. Hungary and Poland on the extreme end to start with but really all of the Catholic and Orthodox countries to some degree not to mention some US states and rural areas even in northern Europe...