OTTAWA – Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre says a future Conservative government would change the law to require that porn websites verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the...
All major parties are in on this. I expect it’s really about getting the internet ID technology out there so it can be forced elsewhere. This needs to be fought just because of that.
The government can track everything you do online slightly more easily
Businesses can do the same
That last point is the one that kills it for me tbh. There’s no way the government doesn’t know who this lemmy account belongs to IRL already, but Facebook might not.
There’s no way the government doesn’t know who this lemmy account belongs to IRL already
I think it kinda depends on what you mean by ‘knows’. I don’t think they have a table with your username in one column and your real name in the other. But if you’ve said something that would make them care who you are, they probably do. Regardless, I’m sure the NSA could figure it out pretty quick.
Cons: the government can change their mind and rather than Porn blocking , block access to info they don’t want you (as adult) to know about. Like a protest meetup, or with a conaervative gov: a trans kid looking for trans help info. restricting freedom of the internet can quicky become state censorship like China has
All major parties are in on this. I expect it’s really about getting the internet ID technology out there so it can be forced elsewhere. This needs to be fought just because of that.
Pros:
Anti-bot verification
Prevent multiple spam accounts by the same person
Cons:
The government can track everything you do online slightly more easily
Businesses can do the same
That last point is the one that kills it for me tbh. There’s no way the government doesn’t know who this lemmy account belongs to IRL already, but Facebook might not.
I think it kinda depends on what you mean by ‘knows’. I don’t think they have a table with your username in one column and your real name in the other. But if you’ve said something that would make them care who you are, they probably do. Regardless, I’m sure the NSA could figure it out pretty quick.
Cons: the government can change their mind and rather than Porn blocking , block access to info they don’t want you (as adult) to know about. Like a protest meetup, or with a conaervative gov: a trans kid looking for trans help info. restricting freedom of the internet can quicky become state censorship like China has
Oh yeah blocking content can quickly get out of hand