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Canada too. It’s corporate interests that want a government mandated customer base with a legal requirement to participate. Get ready for verified id on every
by donmcronald 1y ago
Canada too. It’s corporate interests that want a government mandated customer base with a legal requirement to participate. Get ready for verified id on everything, and to pay for it via taxes.
- trinix912 1y agoAn additional consequence is it’s going to be significantly harder to set up an alternative social media site, as you’ll have to play by these rules which might end up favoring a certain provider’s implementation, or delegating the government the ability to shut down your site on a whim (even if through a court). This, I think, is way more concerning than having to ID your account on Meta.
- pmontra 1y agoNext step: mandate that every web site verifies the identity of its users, no matter the content, whether users register or not. Goodbye old style personal static sites and blogs. Everyone forced to join a content silo or serve no content.
- pixxel 1y ago[dead]