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Should you be required to provide a verified form of ID to open a social media account?
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Many of them will be called moderators or admins, or things along those lines @Emilyb81 Plenty of forums, and similar platforms, will use volunteer moderators, so it could be worth having a look around to see if you could get any experience under your belt through volunteering online if that's something you're interested in?
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No, it shouldn't be required for people to provide a verified form of ID in order to open a social media accountwoodbine said:Isn't it the case that perhaps social media platforms like facebook have become too big and almost impossible to police, with their 2 billion members many of them making multiple hits per day.
I have in the past reported things to facebook that I thought were just plain wrong only for them to take no action.
Sadly you cannot uninvent the wheel.
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Yes, it should be required for people to provide a verified form of ID in order to open a social media accountStellar said:woodbine said:Isn't it the case that perhaps social media platforms like facebook have become too big and almost impossible to police, with their 2 billion members many of them making multiple hits per day.
I have in the past reported things to facebook that I thought were just plain wrong only for them to take no action.
Sadly you cannot uninvent the wheel.
Thats one I would like to see supported with evidence.
It's like all things internet, it has good bits and bad bits but again as I said you can't uninvent the wheel.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
Yes, it should be required for people to provide a verified form of ID in order to open a social media accountCoolio thankyou @Tori_Scope i will seriously think about that because i am wasting my life doing nothing really mainly due to my health problems but there must be a way round that i mean surely people with mental and or physical illness are able to volunteer etc! Doing nothing or believing i cant do anything makes me feel so much worse in every way! So onwards and upwards! The fact i am even able to consider or be interested in working is huge! I genuinely havent considered having any kind if job or career since i became more poorly! So this is really positive to focus on for me! Thankyou ???
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No, it shouldn't be required for people to provide a verified form of ID in order to open a social media account@MarkN88 people will use fake id anyway but if they are under 18 and only a forum without private messaging being monitored 24hrs so that phone numbers and addresses can't be exchanged that wil be safer than hoing on Facebook and messenger
On this forum there is a private message function where phone numbers and addresses can be given no one realy knows what people are like so realy it's no safer than Facebook in thst context -
lisathomas50 said:@MarkN88 people will use fake id anyway but if they are under 18 and only a forum without private messaging being monitored 24hrs so that phone numbers and addresses can't be exchanged that wil be safer than hoing on Facebook and messenger
On this forum there is a private message function where phone numbers and addresses can be given no one realy knows what people are like so realy it's no safer than Facebook in thst contextSo in my opinion it’s better to come up with solutions for the current social media than come up with new platforms people won’t use whilst others are available. -
No, it shouldn't be required for people to provide a verified form of ID in order to open a social media accountwoodbine said:Stellar said:woodbine said:Isn't it the case that perhaps social media platforms like facebook have become too big and almost impossible to police, with their 2 billion members many of them making multiple hits per day.
I have in the past reported things to facebook that I thought were just plain wrong only for them to take no action.
Sadly you cannot uninvent the wheel.
Thats one I would like to see supported with evidence.
It's like all things internet, it has good bits and bad bits but again as I said you can't uninvent the wheel.
another example - due to germany's laws, anyone located in germany has to have many neo-nazi accounts automatically blocked. this by extension, also includes many US Republican senators. if such a restriction was applied worldwide that site would become a lot safer, yet because its not legally required, twitter won't.
both the above examples are condoning fascism. if you do not explicitly oppose fascism (ie. by banning it and deplatforming fascists promptly), you are condoning it. hence social media platforms are pro-fascist because most do not do this.
notice how many of these people use their real name? note that even if an ID verification law was in place they'd still be allowed to spread such utter bile and hatred? because social media sites don't care about banning fascists? that's why ID verification will not work and will only shut out the most vulnerable from accessing onlne safe spaces.
The wheel can be reinvented in the context of social media and arguing otherwise is disingenuous.
i could provide evidence for you but it's already out there if you look for it yourself.
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