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ETH_starttoday at 4:54 PM0 repliesview on HN

The KYC/permissioning of the web will be abused by governments to censor dissent and cutoff dissidents from the internet.

You're free to put child-safe software on your personal computer at home. Your desire to keep your kids safe doesn't justify stripping everyone else's right to permissionlessly access the internet. Having to get the permission of a gatekeeper (who, at first, will only verify you're an adult, but tomorrow, will verify your speech is not subversive) to access the internet subordinates the populace to the state in a dramatic fashion.