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Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification Petition (citizens-initiative.europa.eu)

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[-] Humanius@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thanks for the headsup. Signed it and passed it on to a few friends who also care about this stuff.

I'm not inherently against the EU providing a means to verify age and/or identity online, but the legal framework proposed by this Citizen's Initiative seems entirely reasonable, and even preferable, to me.

Edit: I do find it a bit funny that I signed a petition about online ID checks using my country's e-ID.

[-] baconmonsta@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

e-ID wasn't mandatory, was it? I was able to sign with just filling the form

[-] Humanius@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

e-ID isn't mandatory (it's not even available in every country), but the form should be filled in with correct personal information.
They will need to verify whether the people who filled in the form are actual people who are eligible to sign the citizens' initiative.

Using e-ID just makes the whole verification easier for everyone.

[-] Shayeta@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on the country of origin.

[-] pilaz@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Hopefully you'll one day reach your goal of having to send physical mail to sign online petitions.

[-] Humanius@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'll bite.. Why would that be my goal?

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