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EU’s new social media child protection rules to require all social media accounts to produce state ID - Leaked documents suggest that some existing accounts will also be subject to identification che… (www.independent.ie)
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Full title: EU’s new social media child protection rules to require all social media accounts to produce state ID - Leaked documents suggest that some existing accounts will also be subject to identification checks

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[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Honestly? State ID is better than the current solution which is giving Thiel-affiliated companies photo and other data.

Ideally I'd rather have a governments provided digital ID that's more secure and just gives the company limited metadata instead of full ID info provided from gov't to company. Put in rules requiring warrants or subpoenas for lookups.

[–] cotlovan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who do you think is checking those ids? Hint: it's not the government, it's some 3rd party company, always.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

With cryptographic systems like the EU uses, it must go through the government because a 3rd party can't implement that verification/response pattern without access to the proper gov't cryptographic secrets.

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