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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

  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    34·
    1 day ago

    Ironically, kids might still get around the new restriction by using a virtual private network (VPN) connection, which virtually positions the computer in another country, at the time of signing up.

    This is just going to be one long pointless game of whackamole and as effective as Prohibition was in the US.

    • Séimhe (sé / é)@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 day ago

      The US claim they are going after the VPN companies now too. Of course it could be all lies and deflection like most things they say now.

      • Lysergid@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        23 hours ago

        That’s nonsense, VPN is tool needed to run companies. Even if they make VPNs business only, people will just register fake businesses

        • Amju Wolf@pawb.socialEnglish
          5·
          17 hours ago

          There is no such thing as “fake business”. The point is that the government identifies you when you want to use a VPN, so it’s either gonna be through your personal ID or through a business where you also register with the government and then they obviously also know your identity.

        • Séimhe (sé / é)@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          19 hours ago

          It’s not just about business use, but citizen access to content. I looked it up and this is the stage it’s at now https://gizmodo.com/the-first-us-law-targeting-vpn-use-takes-effect-september-3-heres-what-happen-2000805001

          The new law is narrow. VPN companies say they can’t do it. Fines for businesses that don’t are real. It’s all a little strange.

          Very few people will set up their own business or technical venture, though. That’s enough to have a chilling effect.