The UK has reached the point where adults are being asked for ID or a credit card to access ordinary parts of the internet on their iPhone. No, really.

@speakukorg @verdur_in The UK has reached the point where children are being protected from internet pornography on their iPhone.

@Gitgitgitgit The same technology that’ll control your access to information and curtail your communication at the whim of the state-tech nexus. This is not the solution.

@verdur_in I agree there's a balance of positives and negatives. But the positives are omitted in the original post, and that's a bad thing.

@Gitgitgitgit Solutions that introduce more problems and than they solve are the problem.

@verdur_in No-one could argue with that. But it doesn't help to pretend there are no benefits.

@Gitgitgitgit The Stasi brought many benefits to the stability of East German society. It's helpful to bear this in mind precisely to remember that the solution lies entirely elsewhere.