EU Exploring Idea of Using Government ID Cards As Mandatory Online Logins (softpedia.com)

An anonymous reader writes from a report via Softpedia: Fears that fake online reviews might ruin the consumer market and damage legitimate businesses are making the European Commission consider the idea of forcing all EU citizens to log into online accounts using their government-issued ID cards. Details about these plans can be found in a proposal named "Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market Opportunities and Challenges," announced on May 25, 2016. According to this document, "online platforms should accept credentials issued or recognized by national public authorities, such as electronic or mobile IDs, national identity cards, or bank cards." The reasoning, according to the EU, is that "online ratings and reviews of goods and services are helpful and empowering to consumers, but they need to be trustworthy and free from any bias or manipulation. A prominent example is fake reviews."

Comments

Re:Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

[Agripa]

Orwell was an optimist.

Re: Death to anonyminity

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't see what's wrong about silencing opposition to the EU. People don't realize how good they have it and the best thing would be to do away with all national institutions now and dissolve individual states immediately. Some sad cases will protest but in the end they will have to adapt. The population is not informed or knowledgeable enough to form a relevant opinion anyway and it's best to sidestep mob rule. Europe now!

So now I become a JEW

[Taco Cowboy]

... Your pathetic tactics aren't working any more, JEW ...

Oh boy, now I'm supposed to be a JEW

If I am a JEW then there will be over 1 Billion JEWS in China as well as more than 300 million other JEWS living inside and outside the many "JEWTOWNS" all over the world

With the sudden increase of 1.3 ~ 1.5 new JEWS I'm sure those running Israel will be happy like a clam

One important caveat: Most of the new JEWS can't pronounce "Fried Rice" correctly but some of them do make the most delicious dimsum this JEW loves so much!