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Grave concerns regarding 'Important Update: New Over 18 Age Requirement for the Online Community'

Zip-A-Lark

This and similar moves elsewhere are a serious concern to me!

Next verification will be required.

I am diagnosed schizophrenic with paranoia and have fallen in with the 'wrong crowd' due to autistic naivety.

One went to prison and despite assurances I would not see him again, he confronted me and was removed by police.

I wish to remain anonymous for these and other reasons.

I am indoors 166 hrs a week and avoid going out as I shout at voices.

I don't speak on the phone either and have sacked my support workers.

Online is [almost] all I have.

I am 50 yrs old yet recently google restricted my account asking for credit card or photo id.

I have neither due to an LPA but would not provide them anyway as when psychotic believe I am being watched, recorded and monitored so 'big brother' [google et al] is particularly bad for my health leaving me vulnerable to [dangerous] relapse.

Instagram and other sites have closed accounts of mine for failure to upload my image.

I am concerned if verification is required my entire world could be limited to myself, the occasional delivery driver and distressing, hostile voices.

NAS please assure me [and others] this will NOT be the case.

With anticipatory gratitude and best wishes,

KP [not my real initials!!]

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  • Yeah anonymity is very important on sites like these where people need to feel they can be honest in ways they can't in their day to day lives. It's why I don't support how much government wants to regulate what we can do on the internet. When I was in school, the computers were restricted to prevent students from accessing non-educational websites. But the system wasn't perfect and it was popular to find ways around it to use the PCs for leisure instead of study. The more you try to take away people's privacy and freedom, the more risks they're willing to take on to reclaim it, I find.

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  • Yeah anonymity is very important on sites like these where people need to feel they can be honest in ways they can't in their day to day lives. It's why I don't support how much government wants to regulate what we can do on the internet. When I was in school, the computers were restricted to prevent students from accessing non-educational websites. But the system wasn't perfect and it was popular to find ways around it to use the PCs for leisure instead of study. The more you try to take away people's privacy and freedom, the more risks they're willing to take on to reclaim it, I find.

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