E371 - The Great De-Anonymization: How Mandatory ID Laws Are Closing the Open Internet

From Australia’s implementation of search engine ID checks to Virginia’s biometric age gates, a synchronized global legislative wave is transforming the web into a permission-based surveillance system. We investigate how these "child safety" mandates are necessitating permanent identity databases that effectively eliminate anonymous speech, as seen in Victoria's crackdown on "hate speech" and the EU's "trusted flagger" hierarchy. Finally, we explore the escalating diplomatic crisis as U.S. lawmakers threaten to compel testimony from foreign regulators accused of enforcing a "global censorship regime" on American platforms.

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