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Austrian digital rights group warns against mandatory digital ID

Original: # epicenterworks : " Zwei Fronten, ein Irrweg. Warum digitaler Ausweiszwang niemanden schützt " ".. Und als absolute Krö

Austrian digital rights organisation epicenter.works argues that mandatory digital age verification, or 'Ausweiszwang', protects no one and represents a wrong path. The group says that unlike the EU's Digital Services Act, the rules would not spare small platforms such as Mastodon or F-Droid, burdening them instead. Critics see the proposal as harmful to privacy and damaging for smaller online services, and the debate has drawn attention across German-speaking online communities.

Why now: A privacy advocacy group has published a critical analysis of digital ID requirements at a time when age verification rules are being debated in the EU and Austria.

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