A petition calling for make verified ID a requirement for opening a social medial account draw my attention because few of my friends mention it today. This petition was originally created in March 2021. I was interested to see that this issue has been highlighted again after the racist abuse of England football players.
I totally understand that the original idea of this petition is for good, but I am very surprised that people in a western country are willing to sacrifice freedom in exchange for protection, which I personally am a bit cautious of because some countries take freedom of expression away from people. I am from a country that used to be a police state before 1980’s and was warned when I was 10 that something I said could put my family in prison. This was a country where anonymity was important to protect those working to free the country, such as journalists and whistleblowers and also minority groups.
Looking at the other side of the World, only a week ago, Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals’ information online. The Hong Kong government intention is to amend the data-protection law to crack down on the criticism of them from pro-democrats.
I know the situation in this petition and what is happening in Hong Kong are not the same, but interestingly they are on either end of the Freedom and Security spectrum. As an astrologer I am not surprised because we are under influence of Saturn Uranus square and one of the Saturn Uranus themes is Freedom and Security.
If you are interested about Saturn Uranus square ,this Saturday Lynn Bell will give a talk “Holding Tight and Breaking Free: Saturn Squares Uranus” 17 Jul 2021 17:00 BST
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