I typically think regulation is ineffective and poorly structured. Banning social media for teenagers is such an obvious social good that I can’t see a downside. The kids are not alright.

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raw_anon_1111 3 days ago | parent [-]

You don’t see a downside from having the government tie your ID to your online presence?

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nostrebored 3 days ago | parent [-]

No, not really. Any sufficiently motivated state actor already can. I would be unsurprised to be able to dox you as a mildly interested individual. It is usually not very hard.

People usually reference things that they are ashamed about as a reason to justify this fear of ID based services. I don’t find this compelling whatsoever. Every platform I’m on that is even mildly associated with identity is more enjoyable and interesting. The idea that the marketplace of ideas is slowed by identity is not something I’ve seen in practice. In authoritarian regimes we already see ways to circumvent internet anonymity. So no, I don’t see the downside.

Open to being persuaded here though, about 5 years ago I would have agreed with you.

	▲	raw_anon_1111 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		You realize right now today the US is forcing people to have public social media profiles to enter the country and they just started firing people for saying mean things about an irrelevant racist podcaster? Why make it easy for them.