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Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by 0x426577617265 on Friday January 22, 2021 @08:42PM (#25878694)
> Citizens will require a personal licence to access the internet, and anonymous use will be illegal.

A lot of users IDs are already tied to their ISP. A simple date/timestamp and a IP address would probably identify the majority of users (in the US).

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Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by IndySun on Sunday January 31, 2021 @01:31PM (#25981216)
>users IDs are already tied

Yes, true. It's more the illegal-to-access-internet-anonymously part that concerns. Overreach is usually declared 'in the name of security/crime' reasons. A paid licence for more privileged access has also been mooted, but I can't recall where I read that.

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