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There's been some pretty clear information from countries enacting online ID laws that they want it precisely so that they can control discourse, not for any ki
by JoshTriplett 10mo ago
There's been some pretty clear information from countries enacting online ID laws that they want it precisely so that they can control discourse, not for any kind of protection. This isn't a hypothetical, it's the actual stated goals.
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> The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”
- barbazoo 10mo ago> There's been some pretty clear information from countries enacting online ID laws that they want it precisely so that they can control discourse, not for any kind of protection. Please do share that information.
- cocoto 10mo agoFree speech violations in UK and the country pushing for more ID checks is a simple example.
- barbazoo 10mo agoI'm not seeing how it's an example showing that they're doing it "precisely so that they can control discourse". You could still argue that ID checks are done to partition content by underage/adult which for many is a reasonable thing to do absent any better solutions.
- JoshTriplett 10mo agoEdited the comment to include an example.
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