http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3623396/Will-soon-need-government-ID-log-Facebook-Europe-Commission-proposes-controversial-scheme-access-social-media-sites.htmlWill you soon need a government ID to log into Facebook? Europe Commission proposes controversial scheme to access social media sites
National ID cards would be needed to log in to online services like Twitter
The idea has been presented by Andrus Ansip who is from Estonia
The main reason is to prevent fake user reviews that mislead consumers
Many people are unhappy saying it will eradicate online privacy.
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THE US ALSO WANT TO IMPLEMENT AN ONLINE ID
In 2011, President Obama spearheaded a plan to boost web security by issuing American computer users with an Internet ID.
The Obama administration drafted a paper called the National Strategy for Trusted Identities, which investigates ways that web users can protect their online identities.
Possible methods of creating a ‘trusted identity’ could include issuing a ‘smart card’ or digital certificates that would prove that online users are who they say they are.
They could then be used to buy goods and carry out financial transactions on the Internet.
But Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was quick to reassure people that it wasn’t a guise for more big brother government.
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