Lots of governments want it. But its no excuse doing it in a stupid way. For example EU IDs should have a function that just verifies someone is over 18 without any other info being send. At least the German one does. But its not being used.
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solrize@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Someone on Reddit claims reddit will do the same soon. I wonder if it’s govt pressure.
truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 1 day ago
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
It’s not being used because the real goal is to make it impossible to use the internet without handing over your ID, so that governments can know exactly what you do online.
rozodru@piefed.world 1 day ago
potentially. it’s going to become more of the norm as more nations enforce stuff like this to “protect the kids” coughget your id and know what you’re doing onlinecough
Also keep in mind Discord is just about to launch their IPO in March so the timing lines up.
forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
I agree, except that it’s the data broker corporations that are really behind this.
Spaniard@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The EU is going to pass a law to enforce this, discord is just getting ahead of the imposition.
warbond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I assume it’s UK/EU’s expanding social media laws that are driving this, in addition to Discord’s imminent Initial Public Offering coming in March. They’re trying to clean house to show how profitable they can be, the same way Reddit created their walled garden by restricting third-party connections prior to their IPO.
It’s bog-standard enshittification to please the shareholders.