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Re:UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social ... by pseudalopex on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @02:11PM (#48559494)
> You’re taking my argument to it’s extreme and giving it the least charitable interpretation.

No. You believed it would be effective was the most charitable interpretation.

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Re:UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social ... by sjducb on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @02:26PM (#48559771)
I think there will be a 50%-80% reduction in social media use by teens. This is good enough.

There will always be people who get round the ban.

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Re:UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social ... by munksbeer on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @03:47PM (#48560912)
What happens when teens lives start getting properly ruined because they end up on the dark web or other sites? What about when the first teen commits suicide because they were lured into a honeypot vpn and their data used to blackmail?

Will you still be claiming that this is "good enough"?

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Re:UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social ... by iamnothere on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @06:42PM (#48563275)
He doesn’t really care about that, he just wants his life to be a little easier (and to track what the hoi polloi are up to by forcing them to cough up their IDs)
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