You already basically can't use most mainstream platforms anonymously. Try registering a Facebook without a phone number (you need to give a passport to get one in most of Europe).

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haght 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

in my country you don't have to give a phone number to register a social media website when i was a kid, i always laughed at my internet friends from a neighbouring country, because they had to give their id to get one, which is very intrusive from the government turns out i was the odd one, as most of the world required an id from you

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direwolf20 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do children have no phone numbers or do they use their parent's?

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digiown 13 hours ago | parent [-]

You need a passport associated with it, you don't necessarily need to be an adult I think. Or the parent's is fine. Either way you will have to try quite hard to get a FB account not associated with a real life identity. And then they'd shadowban you.

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bluescrn 13 hours ago | parent [-]

In the UK, pay-as-you-go SIMs are widely available. Not sure how much information you need to give to activate+use one these days, though.

	▲	MonkeyClub 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Up to a couple years ago you could get them included in a £10 Nokia in Tesco and pay with cash, no ID required.