Matt on Nostr: Absurd. I'm gonna have to get aplume packaged up as an app and get it on relays. ...

Absurd. I'm gonna have to get aplume packaged up as an app and get it on relays.

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The UK government wants a passport, a driving license or a face scan before you can open a new social media account. This is the same country that arrests people over tweets. Britain has jailed people for what they posted online and now the state wants to know exactly who is behind every account before the first post goes up.

The ban covers Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and X, and it is expected to start in spring 2027.

Discord already leaked government IDs after it introduced age checks. There is no reliable, privacy-preserving way to verify the age of every internet user. A pile of faces and passports linked to social media accounts is a gift to a government that prosecutes speech.

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-social-media-passport-facial-age-checks