Let's build the full picture of what the UK government has announced this month.
Every device in the country: scanned for nudity.
Signal: ordered to build a backdoor.
Every stolen iPhone: remotely disabled by law enforcement on request.
children: banned from disappearing messages, VPNs, livestreaming, romantic AI. though Bluesky is exempted actually.
and now:
every adult who wants to use social media must verify their identity with a passport, credit card, facial recognition, or government digital ID.
Your face. to tweet.
A registry of every adult in the country who uses the internet, tied to their real identity, held by platforms that have already sold data to Cambridge Analytica, already been fined billions for privacy violations, already shared data with governments on request.
Scans your device.
Knows your face.
Knows your real name behind every account.
Can disable your phone.
Has a backdoor into your messages.
This is not about children.
JUST IN: UK Government clarifies adults will still be able to use social media by verifying their identities with digital IDs, facial recognition, passports and credit cards.