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When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information (www.eff.org)
submitted 1 week ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Age verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What happens to people who cannot verify their age at all? This is particularly a problem when users are required to prove their age with identity documents.

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[–] zangwill@lemmy.zip 46 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The people who can verify their identity will be less willing to share their opinion on certain topics once they know they aren't anonymous. I'm certain this is one of the goals. The reactions to political news, world events, law proposals and atrocities will be far more muted and it will be easier to control the population.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 week ago

Moreover, people will be less willing to upload video of George Floyd dying, or of brutality and massacre in Gaza, or to stream from the streets during the 2014 Ferguson unrest.

Visceral video from the ground accelerates popular movements. They want us dependent on news agencies for our only window into the rest of the world.

[–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have you heard of Facebook? People use their real names and don't give a single fuck.

[–] meandering@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

A close friend of mine was visited by police over a political joke they made on social media. People don't seem to give a fuck, but those same people might stop posting after some offline intimidation.

[–] MrGeneric@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

The amount of internet “needed” these days is staggering, to have that attached to a comment you made 20 years ago drunk online is terrifying.

Bank accounts, trading platforms, medical insurance, rent payments, car insurance, locks, restaurants, job applications, grocery shopping, gas stations everything is online and requires registration now.