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It's not "the Internet" who wants to check your ID, it's politicians who want to, since the internet is the new place where citizens are exercising their freedo
by FirmwareBurner 1y ago
It's not "the Internet" who wants to check your ID, it's politicians who want to, since the internet is the new place where citizens are exercising their freedom of assembly rights and that frightens politicians.
Life would be so much easier for Trump if people stopped pestering him online about that bloody Epstein list, or if EU citizens would stop pestering their politicians about the crimes of illegal immigrants.
They want to control your speech using the daily boogieman flavor: terrorists, protecting the kids, Russian trolls, etc
- trinix912 1y agoExactly. As always, the debate gets fixated on the “think about the kids!” part instead of looking behind the curtain. It’s then impossible to make a sound counterargument (in the eye of the non-technical majority), as you’re easily dismissed for “supporting the horrors”.
- izzydata 1y agoIt would be ironic if they limit free speech online to such a point that people start exercising their freedoms in person.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoThey want you to do it in person because there they can: 1. brand protestors as radicals and arrest them, serving as a public warning to deter others. 2. police(outside the US) have a major force advantage over unarmed population and can easily overpower you, whereas online they do not have any kind of power without censorship, which is why they're trying to gain control over it
- golemiprague 1y ago[dead]