Maybe this will finally encourage us to move away from centralized services and create truly decentralized social networks outside of our own governments reach.

Dunno, unless it's like, a bank or government service, no one is getting a copy of my ID or CC just so I can view their fkin website. I guess I'll just use the web even less than I already do.

Oh yeah and despite all this BS security theatre to "protect the children", teenagers will still find ways to connect with whoever they want to and find whatever content they want online. Source: I was a 12-year-old with dialup internet and my own computer, once.

Relevant nitpick: everywhere this article says "internet" they mean "web".