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[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A foreign megacorp using their money to try to influence Canadian politics.
Bill s-210 is a privacy nightmare, basically requiring you to give your government-issued photo ID to tech companies.

  • everything NSFW you have ever looked up is connected to your real life identity.
  • Mega corps often bend to government requests for data
  • certain things, like being LGBTQ+, get you jailed or killed in some countries
[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

basically requiring you to give your government-issued photo ID to tech companies.

I remember a time when even your real name was a big deal to hand over on the internet. Then Facebook came along and suddenly it was OK to post any kind of private information.