Bill would require social media sites to verify your identity

I had no idea this was 1998.

As Big Tech book-burning continues unabated, it does of course have its enablers in Congress. Among them is Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah), who is floating a draft plan to require social media websites to verify users' identity.

This will gut the anonymity vital for many users. Anonymity isn't just for right-wing churches and the Chinese Communist Party flooding newspaper comment sections with gobs of sockpuppets. Anonymity is also important for people who seriously discuss sensitive topics. It also protects those who blow the whistle on government or corporate scandals. And it protects other folks who may desire extra privacy.

Under Curtis's proposal, people would be prevented from creating accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, or any similar site from making an account unless they submit identification. It's a "papers please" law for the Internet.

Furthermore, these websites would be required to report users to the Federal Trade Commission if they are suspected of using phony ID's. The FTC would be required to submit these reports to the Department of Justice.

America isn't the only land were there are proposals like this. The dictatorship in Australia has a similar plan.

It's like the Communications Decency Act, Real ID, the Patriot Act, the Social Credit System, and vaccine passports all rolled into one.