So, lemmy would be illegal under this vision?

an EU-wide approach may be more practical to implement

If you want to do this, do it to yourself. Keep me out of it.

Google, Youtube and Facebook all forced real usernames for a time and it made no difference to the quality of conversation or how toxic it was. Indeed many people on Twitter/X use their real names and say some truly awful things.

Its not about anonymity, the real answer to getting less toxicity is good moderators that care about the subject matter. Its why Reddit is a mixed bag depending on the sub you are in, all depends on the moderators. If you want to fix social medias toxic name calling and everything else you should be forcing Facebook et el to have enough moderators to actually do the job well with interest in the various sub topics.

Welcome to TOR and I2P, ανώνυμοι. Also, you might try wireless mesh networks.

As usual with Greek lawmaking, this is more a tactic to scare people and to use as a sledgehammer when the state wants to, rather than some grand scheme to force the population en masse to de-anonymize themselves. You have got to understand that Greece is undergoing democratic backsliding and was never a very strong rule or law state to begin with. Laws in Greece tend to be super strict but loosely enforced, which basically means the establishment, the police, the courts, can use them to throw the book at whomever they deem too dangerous. The Greek state is structurally incapable of being an actual totalitarian apparatus, but can be an effective authoritarian one when it needs to.

How, exactly, would they do that?

I'm sure they can force the big ones, like Facebook, but how on earth are you going to force all websites world wide for this?

again fellow humans. its why I 100% put all my real life information in my profile. its important to lay it all out there and be truthful as sincere beings of earth.

Back in the early 2000s, when the web was still somewhat safe, I used to post comments on a news site using my real name ... my reasoning being that if I was posting my opinion on something I should have the balls to use my rn.

Within about a year it started becoming more dangerous tho. I wasn't stalked but the responses became more personal and degrading, and the misogynists began showing up in force.

I get why Greece would want to do this, but as of right now it would be better if they made some hard rules for Meta et al to follow - with massive fines attached for being lax.

The beginning of mass surveillance...