Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet (dpa-international.com)

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for an end to widespread anonymity on the internet, saying users should post under their real names.

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[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 14 points 18 hours ago

I'm not so sure, a lot of the shit slinging (especially on Facebook) already has people's real names attached to it. The worst of the worst are shameless anyway.

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