In a speech to the EU Parliament, German MEP Christine Anderson warns that under-16 social media bans are merely a pretext to connect online activity to a digital ID.

In a speech to the EU Parliament, German MEP Christine Anderson warns that under-16 social media bans are merely a pretext to connect online activity to a digital ID.

“The EU wants to scan private messages sent from your phone. They say it’s about illegal material online, but in practice it means scanning everything that people say.” “It would inevitably require identifying every user through digital ID.” “That is called surveillance. And putting one’s own citizens under surveillance is the practice best known in totalitarian regimes.” In a speech to the EU Parliament, German MEP Christine Anderson warns tha…