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What happens if some social media site hosted in another country becomes popular and refuses to implement these age verification measures? Is the EU going to cr
by Dig1t 2mo ago
What happens if some social media site hosted in another country becomes popular and refuses to implement these age verification measures? Is the EU going to create a great firewall like China and start blacklisting sites? Are they going to ban VPN’s too? Seems like a slippery slope could easily get extremely invasive and restrictive.
It does seem like an effort to connect all online activity to real-world identities.
- hurfdurf 2mo agoIs the EU going to create a great firewall like China and start blacklisting sites Welcome to six years ago: https://diginomica.com/eu-policy-doc-recommends-building-european-internet-firewall-similar-chinas-lets-build-new-digital https://diginomica.com/eu-policy-doc-recommends-building-eur... https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648784/IPOL_STU(2020)648784_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/6487... "Like the Chinese firewall, this European internet would block off services that condone or support unlawful conduct from third party countries." Sound familiar?