Posted on 01/23/2018 11:23:17 AM PST by davikkm
The Irish minister responsible for mental health has suggested that all public services cards be linked to social media accounts to verify users’ identities. RTE News reports that Jim Daly, the Irish minister responsible for mental health and older people, has recently called for all public services cards to be linked to the social media accounts of card users to verify their identity. Daly has reportedly brought this issue to the European Commission to explore the possibility of implementing social media linking as standard practice.
The Irish minister seemed to show disregard for basic privacy in an interview on Claire Byrne Live saying that he believes “child protection trumps data protection”. Daly stated that he hoped to see social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook applying to the Department for Social Protection to issue verification codes to users to be linked to their public services cards.
Daly stated that he hopes that this measure would prevent the use of fake identities and stop adults from targeting children. Daly’s proposal is reminiscent of a proposal by the European Commission in 2016 which insisted that state-issued ID cards should be used to log into social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Wow, that would be a Democratic Party dream come true. On a serious note, that’s what the European Union has become, the Fourth Reich under the watchful eye of Fuherin Merkel.
Go for it. It would certainly kill Facebook and Twitter, which is fine by me.
It might help the Governor of Hawaii remember his Twitter password ,LOL
But, you see, “social media” MUST be regulated and verifeid bu “government id cards” ... But voting is an absolute right and must allowed for all who walk in the door - regardless of citizenship and number of times they have voted that day!
Like communist china.
1984
I was going to make a nasty comment about Ireland, but then I remembered it was Scotland. In Scotland, it’s very simple, parents are looked at as caretakers of children, they have ZERO RIGHTS regarding the raising of the kids. The state ‘interviews’ both the kids and the parents (separately) and makes it PERFECTLY CLEAR how the kids will be raised, and what the consequences are if parents violate those rules.
It’s really just another step forward by the Left.
Thanks davikkm. Police State ping.
Sorry, grandma, you can’t get your state pension payments anymore because you don’t know how to use Facebook!
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