I think the internet will get worse in the future; someone gets offended by everything, nobody lives without being criticized here.
I think the internet will get worse in the future; someone gets offended by everything, nobody lives without being criticized here.
Just have to look at China, you need real name verification to even buy a domain name.
We also need to be identified to buy a domain name here in Europe (in most of it, at least).
As a user, I’m still allowed to own a random domain name but I need to be identified to buy it (and the informations need to be valid). I’m also allowed to not use my real name to sign whatever I publish online but for how long? It feels to me like this too will soon go away (its too easy, and for them it probably is too tempting, to conceive a law that will make it way too risky for poor little children to read random posts by random people hiding behind a pseudonym, even if their real identify has already been registered for years and even if said content is solely aimed at adult readers.
That won’t be a big deal for me, I used to publish under my real name a few, many, years ago. I should be able to do it again… if I ever decide it’s worth publishing anything. But a law of this type will probably become the real tombstone under which the online freedom of expression will rest.
RIP, dear friend.