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submitted 2 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/59424100

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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[-] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

i fail to see the benefits to this for example if someone makes a post asking for help in the linux community an two people reply with same answers that work itd make no difference if one person that answerd is richard stalman or some random john doe

[-] LeninWeave@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i fail to see the benefits to this

It's Germany, this is about persecuting people who oppose zionism (as well as any other project of the German state). Any stated justification is a lie invented to cover that up.

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