UK online safety regulator Ofcom will require all UK residents to show ID to log into social networks. A national identification system is activated. Critics call the initiative an Orwellian attack on freedom of expression and privacy that will destroy online anonymity and increase the risks of censorship.

UK online safety regulator Ofcom will require all UK residents to show ID to log into social networks. A national identification system is activated. Critics call the initiative an Orwellian attack on freedom of expression and privacy that will destroy online anonymity and increase the risks of censorship.