“Use real identities to reduce abuse online” is a talking point you’ve almost certainly seen down the years. It also seems to come around like clockwork every other month, and is currently a hot topic in the UK after prominent journalists / media personalities raised the issue.
It’s an interesting idea, but the devil is in the details. “Verified identities solve the problem” won’t address the new problems such an approach creates. Is it possible to make this work, or is it all just pie in the sky?
