⛔️ The internet is changing.
In the UK, you now need to show ID just to listen, watch, or post. Spotify asks for your passport. Reddit wants your selfie. YouTube scans your face.
This isn’t “safety.” It’s #surveillance. And every new database becomes a target waiting to be hacked.
The web was built for openness. Now it’s being rebuilt around checkpoints. No ID, no entry.
The path forward lies in #decentralization. Peer-to-peer networks, encrypted communications, and distributed platforms offer ways to connect without gatekeepers. These technologies restore the internet’s original promise: open access to information and the freedom to communicate without requiring anyone’s permission. The open web is being enclosed behind checkpoints. But technology that prizes #privacy and resists #surveillance remains within reach if we choose to build and use it before the door closes entirely.
