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The “not everyone has an ID!” argument is such an American perspective. The vast majority of world citizens live in countries that require you to have some form
by sltkr 1y ago
The “not everyone has an ID!” argument is such an American perspective. The vast majority of world citizens live in countries that require you to have some form of government ID anyway:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_identity_card_policies_by_country#/media/File:National_ID_card_policy.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_identity_card...
It seems pretty reasonable to leverage this into online identification.
In fact, online ID is already used in the European Union for popular initiatives (see, e.g., https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ ) and nobody seems to think this is “bullshit” or infeasible or any of the concerns that are lobbed at the age verification requirements.
- lmz 1y agoIt's more accurately a very Anglo perspective. The US, UK, AU, NZ, CA all do not have national ID cards.
- LtWorf 1y agoSweden has them but very few people actually have one. They all use a card issued by the tax office that is not valid in the rest of EU.
- BlueTemplar 1y agoOnly in part of EU as you can see, and we will hopefully be able to push back against this too. And it isn't mandatory for these initiatives.