ID verification
YouTube Expands AI Age Checks, Users Face ID Verification
YouTube’s algorithmic surveillance push now forces millions to gamble between privacy and access.
“I Want Everybody’s Name.” Nikki Haley Ignores the First Amendment As She Demands an End to Online Anonymity
Haley says if she becomes president she’ll force social media companies to check government-issued IDs for account holders.
Bill That Would Push For Online ID Checks Is Scheduled For Markup This Week
The new laws would mandate online platforms to check age of users, undermining online privacy in the name of protecting kids.
Twitter tests ID verification feature
Some politicians want it enrolled to all users.
Elon Musk responds to Mike Huckabee’s request for Twitter to remove online anonymity
The former Arkansas governor wants all users to be forced to use their real name.
UK House of Lords’ Baroness Claire Fox on online anonymity: “The last thing I want to do is ban something else.”
Fox understands the need for online anonymity.
Petition calls for UK to enforce China-style ID cards for internet use – to prevent “trolls”
The invasive idea will be discussed in Parliament.
Facebook deletes accounts of anti-racism activists in widespread algorithmic deplatforming
More casualties of blanket moderation.
Facebook to some users that “rapidly go viral”: show some ID or be suppressed
Facebook may ask users who go viral and who it deems to be suspicious to provide ID or have their reach cut.