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ID checks, driven by prudishness, are an absolute gift to the big social media companies. They're the only entities whom (a) already know the check's answers,
by verytrivial 1y ago
ID checks, driven by prudishness, are an absolute gift to the big social media companies. They're the only entities whom (a) already know the check's answers, and (b) have the resources to keep hackers largely at bay.
I am not surprised these laws are landing with such little resistence.
- MaxikCZ 1y agoIts as if the big social media companies lobbied for extra redtape, eh?
- spacebanana7 1y agoSurprisingly they've generally lobbied against it for ideological reasons despite their economic incentives.
- jMyles 1y agobrer rabbit and the briar patch.
- RobKohr 1y agoLarge companies love regulation and red tape because it usually kills smaller competitors.