cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/59424100
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for an end to widespread anonymity on the internet, saying users should post under their real names.
cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/59424100
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for an end to widespread anonymity on the internet, saying users should post under their real names.
I’d be fine if big tech social media would be required to use real names. That would reduce all the racism, misogyny, transphobia etc tremendously. It is obvious the big tech is not interested at all preventing any of that themselves. But let’s keep the rest of the internet out of it.
Have you been on social media? A lot of ppl acting up participating in racism, transphobia, hate speech etc. do not give a removed about protecting their identity. If the real name is not already on their profile, then their post makes them easily identifiable.
Also, there are enough laws out there that force social media providers to give out information about the users who do illegal stuff online. That would make almost everyone identifiable.
The reality is that law enforcment gives a removed about doing their job. And Social Media providers give a removed about actively protect users of those points, even tho they are obliged to in many jurisdictions.
I’m not so sure, a lot of the removed slinging (especially on Facebook) already has people’s real names attached to it. The worst of the worst are shameless anyway.