You may have noticed in the last push toward getting this to become law, the focus was on the safety of women and children. Demands to abolish anonymity, unwanted communication, trolling, criticism and any potential for anything not child friendly to be viewable without extensive checks and ID.
Also, Elon announced the proposal to paywall X and allow X to become the way you identify yourself (for said fee) to X and other websites who can't afford to implement their own implementation to verify ID. Hours later, the Online Safety Bill which will require ID authentication and verification passes its final Government hurdle. Coincidence?
You may have noticed in the last push toward getting this to become law, the focus was on the safety of women and children. Demands to abolish anonymity, unwanted communication, trolling, criticism and any potential for anything not child friendly to be viewable without extensive checks and ID.
Also, Elon announced the proposal to paywall X and allow X to become the way you identify yourself (for said fee) to X and other websites who can't afford to implement their own implementation to verify ID. Hours later, the Online Safety Bill which will require ID authentication and verification passes its final Government hurdle. Coincidence?