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Aeroxmaster

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On RSOF I have previously raised the issue of the new Online Harms bill that is being considered by UK Parliament and how it is going to affect RSOF.

I found it very interesting that we now have a celebrity trying to push for greater protections for people online by introducing mandatory ID requirements for account registrations.

The British Government will likely have to respond to the petition because it has now amassed over 100k signatures.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/575833

Would you be for or against people having to register their ID when creating online social media accounts etc ? The so called "trackatroll" feature...

Personally, I would not object to such a feature. If people think they can mess about behind a keyboard and get away with it, they should also feel the same way as they would if they were messing about in a public place. Point being is that they should be accountable!

However, there are issues with opposition. Opposition is that there are many people that use the internet for reasons of anonymity in relation to personal issues they have in their lives, etc etc and would prefer to have the anonymity at the expense of trolling.

What are your opinions on the introduction of mandatory ID for creating social media accounts?

12-Mar-2021 19:18:41

BreakingBad
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Sure would make policing internet based offences easy. However, how would companys enforce this? It'll likely be made automated, and therefore you'll be able to cheat around the system, so it'll make those abiding by the law feel safe. It'll catch 1% of offenders who are too silly or forget they registered, and won't affect criminals/those committing offences. Good idea, but not able to come through on it.

Also there's very easy defences to say it wasn't me, someone took control of my PC, blah blah blah, won't be able to act on much.

Plus who would investigated offences referred to the police? bearing in mind they are already overrun with work and being run pillar to post just like the NHS. Whilst I appreciate being on the receiving end isn't nice, the main questions you should be asking is what powers will be given, how will it be investigated, what do you want done about it?
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12-Mar-2021 20:54:53 - Last edited on 12-Mar-2021 21:01:33 by BreakingBad

Scouse
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Brilliant question.

Providing proof of exactly who you are and where you live for any social media or forum context will result in the end of so many things such as racism, homophobia, peadophilia, trolling, phishing, hacking and to some extent, terrorism.

People will obviously accuse it of some kind of breach of their freedom but if you are within the majority of people who only have good intentions with no thought of anything bad, why would it be a problem, banks and many other places know almost everything about you and do so to keep things like your money safe and nobody complains about that.

In this day and age governments probably already know more about us than we think and the fact that a random person can put any name and new e-mail address to something and become anyone they want for any reason they want seems stupid.

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13-Mar-2021 00:43:59

Scouse
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As for those that want to use the internet for anonymity, they could still freely do that and become who they wish to be but in a closely monitored situation, if they want to be a 22 year old female online while knowingly living as a 43 year old man, so be it.

But if they then try to dupe someone for gain then the forces above will and can then step in.

Seems the way to go to me.

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13-Mar-2021 00:50:43

Averia Light

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Umm, yeah that would be the end of most anonymous social media for me. Mostly because cyber stalking is definitely a thing and I sure as hell don't want some security breach to cause some creep to stalk me irl again.

Plus photoshop exists and most website platforms serve global customers. If Jagex tried to get my credentials, what would they ask for? My social security number (lol good luck with those lawsuits)? My license, which is a piece of ID that is easily manipulated? What identification would they use that would be both a) not a problem if stolen and b) actually verifiable? And I swear I'm not going to let her know all the pain I have known

13-Mar-2021 00:59:55 - Last edited on 13-Mar-2021 01:04:52 by Averia Light

BreakingBad
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I struggle to see any idea's of how this would actually be used in the real world, Great concept should it work however it just wouldn't work, they can't even add an age verification to certain mediums of age restricted videos, let alone ID verification.

Anyone have any suggestions how this would actually work, who would monitor who, who's going to pay for it?
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13-Mar-2021 01:09:59

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