[sys_64738]

What is a social media site? Any site where anybody has to register to make a comment or just to read comments will require validation. It means that every adult to access any webpage, such as HN, will require to provide government proof of ID. No anonymity anymore. The internet will die as a social medium.

[jgwil2]

> What is a social media site? Any site where anybody has to register to make a comment or just to read comments will require validation.

Per the article, "HB 3 applies to platforms that have 'addictive features' such as infinite scrolling and push alerts — and in which at least 10% of users are kids under 16 who spend at least two hours per day on the platform."

Not saying it's a good idea but it sounds like the law is more targeted than that.

[red-iron-pine]

the internet as you remember it died a long time ago.

they're already tracking you, and the likelihood they can identify you, specifically, is pretty high. yeah yeah it's HN so I'm sure someone will pop out of the woodwork and talk about how they de-Google'd 3 years ago and have a rooted phone and bla bla bla -- sure. the tiny minority of you beat that game, but at this point most of you are already ID'd.

let's just call the spade a spade, and then find a way to mitigate some of the most negative, pernicious influence of social media.

[fragmede]

India's already there and it doesn't seem to have stopped it there.