China is doing exactly the same. According to the latest law from the News Regulation Bureau, it requires everyone to register their real life identity to get online to protect Internet security.
It's not so uncommon in paranoid jurisdictions. I don't know the situation now, but when I was in Italy a few years ago you couldn't even use an internet cafe without showing ID.
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China is doing exactly the same. According to the latest law from the News Regulation Bureau, it requires everyone to register their real life identity to get online to protect Internet security.
Really? wow
It's not so uncommon in paranoid jurisdictions. I don't know the situation now, but when I was in Italy a few years ago you couldn't even use an internet cafe without showing ID.