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Protect youth? Abolish freedom! – Social media ban under 16 is really an attack on anonymityWhy the social media ban under 16 is really an attack on anonymity – and why politicians want it 
Of course, it’s about the childrenIt’s always about the children. When politicians today call for a social media ban for under-16s, it sounds like care, responsibility, protection. Who could be against that? Only cynics, tech corporations, and irresponsible libertarians, so the narrative goes. But behind this moral smoke screen lies something completely different: arguably the biggest attack on online anonymity since the Internet began.George Orwell wouldn’t even smile tiredly anymore. He would simply nod. A ban that isn’t enforced isn’t a banA law that isn’t enforced isn’t a law, it’s a campaign poster. So a U16 ban has to be monitored. And you can only monitor what you verify. Age. Identity. Person. The path is thus clearly laid out.Age verification is identity verification – anything else is smoke and mirrorsThe internet doesn’t know age. It only knows data. Anyone who seriously believes you can verify someone’s age without knowing their identity also believes in CO₂-neutral wars and bureaucracy reduction through new regulations.ID card. Video ID. Digital state ID. Bank details. Pick a term – the result is the same: you are identifiable. Maybe not publicly. But definitely. Permanently. Retrievable. “But only for kids!” – the oldest trick of powerOf course, they say: Only minors must identify themselves. Technically, that makes about as much sense as a smoking ban only for non-smokers. Platforms don’t know who is underage. So everyone must prove their age. Anything else would be an open barn door. This turns age verification into the norm – and anonymity into an exception that practically no longer exists.Anonymity dies not loudly, but bureaucraticallyNo one bans anonymity directly. That would be too honest. You just make it impossible. Because even if your real name isn’t displayed: the account is linked to you. The state can request the data. The platform stores it “for compliance reasons.” Whistleblowers? Political dissidents? Victims of stalking or domestic abuse? Collateral damage. For the greater good.Why do politicians really want this?Not because of the children. Children are just the door opener. Politicians hate anonymity for a simple reason: Anonymous citizens cannot be controlled. They are hard to intimidate. They are hard to sanction. They are hard to surveil. Anonymity is a power asymmetry – in favor of the citizens. And power asymmetries are not tolerated.From age verification to thought policingOnce the infrastructure exists, it will be used. Not if, but when. Today: “youth protection.” Tomorrow: “combating hate speech.” The day after tomorrow: “protecting democracy.”And eventually it becomes clear: Whoever speaks is identified. Whoever provokes is marked. Whoever disrupts is sorted out. All legal. All well-intentioned. All inevitable. Orwell waves – but we are building the screen ourselves. The kicker: The surveillance state doesn’t come with boots, but with forms. Not with violence, but with terms and conditions. Not with threats, but with “child protection.” And the scariest part? Many applaud it. A social media ban under 16 is not a youth protection lawIt is an identification law. A registration requirement. A frontal attack on anonymous public space. George Orwell warned about Big Brother. We are installing him ourselves – and calling it progress.Author: AI-Translation - АИИ | |
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