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  • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    There was a petition for the UK Parliament to implement what this politician wants by requiring verification for accounts (Piers Morgan was endorsing it iirc), and I believe a petition to not implement it under the pretense of it harming transgender individuals (e.g. deadnaming, having to come out to a stranger for verification).

    Parliament did respond saying such legislation would stifle the freedom of expression, which is true, but it doesn’t matter when the UK has other legislation doing the same thing.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      Ok as a trans person yeah we were my first thought, but my immediate second was abuse victims. Making cyberstalking easier will get people hurt, though from what I’ve seen of the far right, for some of them that’s the point.