Ireland is looking to push for EU-level rules on social media ID verification and a ban for children during the country’s rotating presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2026.
Dublin also wants new laws to clamp down on anonymous “keyboard warriors” who spread disinformation and hate online, Harris added, pointing to risks to democracy.
they’ll spend money on anything except fixing the housing crisis or cost of living crisis, it seems.
which is something that in turn would cut down on “keyboard warriors” as they put it, because when people aren’t priced out of living their lives, they have other things to do!
i really worry about what spaces kids online are going to be pushed into, with all these bans. so many people my age were groomed on internet forums when we were kids; i imagine social media bans are going to push kids into spaces like that, where it’s not technically considered a social media site, and there’ll be little to no adult supervision from anyone who’s not in the inner circle of the forum.
I don’t get why this Online identification is being pushed as the only solution against bots, disinformation and stupid children doing dangerous tik-tok challanges. Am not as techsavvy but is an IP id or whatever, the only way to go? I worry for my privacyrights, hacks, and stolen dig ID abuse. Isn’t this solution like making things worse?
I’m all for atacking online dis-& misinformation, but surely there must be a less invasive way?
