As usual, this has nothing to do with protecting children. It is all about forcing people to identify themselves on social media.
Free speech in Europe is under serious attack.
ben_w•1h ago
I'm old enough to remember when the big names in social media sites decided to copy Facebook's "Real names" policy, which they added themselves for better targeted ads.
If this is an attack on free speech, the war was lost 15 years ago, even in the USA. Of course, given what's going on in the US right now, one may well respond "yes, the US did lose sometime around then".
For now though, I'd be more worried about all the verifiers leaking PII due to vibe coding and competent attackers.
beardyw•1h ago
So how would you protect children?
jjgreen•15m ago
Make child possession of a phone illegal, jail the parents who do not comply.
belter•19m ago
Free speech is not a concept that exist in Europe, at least not in the USA form...I dont say it as critique just as a factual statement.
Free speech as understood in the US, like rooted in the First Amendment
protection against government restriction, does not have a direct
legal equivalent in Europe. Most countries balance expression against
other rights like dignity, public order, etc...
bradley13•1h ago
Free speech in Europe is under serious attack.
ben_w•1h ago
If this is an attack on free speech, the war was lost 15 years ago, even in the USA. Of course, given what's going on in the US right now, one may well respond "yes, the US did lose sometime around then".
For now though, I'd be more worried about all the verifiers leaking PII due to vibe coding and competent attackers.
beardyw•1h ago
jjgreen•15m ago
belter•19m ago
Free speech as understood in the US, like rooted in the First Amendment protection against government restriction, does not have a direct legal equivalent in Europe. Most countries balance expression against other rights like dignity, public order, etc...