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There are so many issues when it comes to ID verification to access online services: - How do we check this information is accurate? It could be a fake ID, photoshopped, or just a friend's ID. - What system is in place to verify it is correct? As every US state uses different ID systems, would online platforms need 50 different ID systems to verify them? - What about people who don't have an ID? - What about other countries with different regulations or just don't have a national ID at all? America, Australia, the UK, Canada, Denmark, Japan, India, etc all don't use national IDs. - Where is this information stored? If, like you say, Meta is responsible for IDing those posting illegal material to their platform, then Meta will need to keep the ID information on file. What happens if they are hacked? Does that mean that now my name, height, weight, eye color, address, organ donor status, etc are now available to anyone with 15 minutes of free time and an onion browser? I can't imagine any company's legal team would ever allow that information to be stored on company servers. Their heart (and yours) are in the right place, but this is not the way to do it. This puts everyone at risk of very damaging consequences from one well-executed attack. And will most likely never be able to be implemented properly across the US, let alone worldwide. |