The UK’s War on Anonymity Has Come to America
- An Effort investigation has identified a coordinated operation to influence American lawmakers by five foreign non-government organizations and their US affiliates.
- These NGOs have converged upon a unified strategy: use the rhetoric of ‘child safety’ to advocate for digital ID laws that would prevent adults from using the internet anonymously.
- In Britain, they succeeded in passing those laws.
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- An Effort investigation has identified a coordinated operation to influence American lawmakers by five foreign non-government organizations and their US affiliates.
- These NGOs have converged upon a unified strategy: use the rhetoric of ‘child safety’ to advocate for digital ID laws that would prevent adults from using the internet anonymously.
- In Britain, they succeeded in passing those laws.
Sources: Effort