The Drudge Report Has Been Linking to a Site That Plagiarizes Stories

I also worry about how difficult it would be to the statutes and regulations for such a system. Many of the people creating, regulating, and adjudicating on such a system are not very tech literate. Even well-minded politicians would have a very difficult time creating a benevolent/benign official identity system that couldn't be misused like many of the allegations against China's social credit system.

Personally, I would prefer most of my internet use to be distinct from my official identity. But, I wouldn't stand in the way of others that want to have a way to prove their identity. Optional enrollment might be a compromise? If fraud could be consistently prevented and enrollment didn't become compulsory in a round-about way through most large internet adjacent corporations requiring its use.

Listicle Buzz Feed ≠ Buzz Feed News.

Drudge has been doing this kind of linking for a while – rather than linking to WaPost, for example, he links to greenwichtime.com, which prints WaPost articles.