Passing legislation is one thing, enforcing it another. If the social media site is in another jurisdiction, then the legislation cannot be enforced.
It could only be effective if all jurisdictions agreed. Likely?
In any case how can it be proven the name you give is real? You do not need to prove ID to have a social media account.
And then there is innovation. Something new may come along to replace social media as we know it, or new social media sites which can guarantee anonymity.
So what about people using VPNs?
@DocBud
VPN/TOR no use if verified – by passport/id-card/credit-card required
I would not be posting here if anon forbidden
+1
I don’t post on Tim W’s CT as I don’t want to register & login.
One reason being:
https://www.longrider.co.uk/blog/2018/09/30/wanker-of-the-day
Yup. Likewise.
Passing legislation is one thing, enforcing it another. If the social media site is in another jurisdiction, then the legislation cannot be enforced.
It could only be effective if all jurisdictions agreed. Likely?
In any case how can it be proven the name you give is real? You do not need to prove ID to have a social media account.
And then there is innovation. Something new may come along to replace social media as we know it, or new social media sites which can guarantee anonymity.