French MP’s Facebook ID card idea dubbed ‘idiotic & dangerous’

‘In an interview to Nice Matin, Ciotti explains that one of the steps on the way to combating crime is to have an increasingly “controlled” internet.
“I propose it be made compulsory for social networks to verify members’ identities. So if anyone wants to open an account on Twitter, Facebook or Snapchat, they would have to show some form of identity to the site while signing up,” he said.
The MP says people would still be able to have pseudonyms, but that in the event of a crime, the culprit’s identity would be revealed “within minutes.”’
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