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Huh, I looked everywhere (I thought) before posting this question which I've now answered for myself ... 13,296 Members
Oh dear 
Your post prompted me to search for the Linux based forum with the most registered members:
LinuxQuestions.org has the most registered members, with over 561,885 members as of May 2024.
They even have a ZorinOS section under Distributions.
You're on the ball, it would seem that the Zorin forum is safe (for now) according to OfCom's "rules" as Zorin Forum would come under Category 2B which requires 3 million UK users to come under their "rules". So for now this forum is safe from the tyranny of King George er, I meant Charles 
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Good interview conducted by Australian Parliamentary Senator Alex Antic ...
" Paul G Conlon - Digital ID: Lessons from History"
Paul G. Conlon is a senior engineer with expertise in electronic engineering, information technology, and digital identity systems, as well as the author of 'Citizen One: The Case Against Digital Identity'.
In 'Citizen One', Paul makes a case against centralised digital IDs by using his technical understanding and family history of living in 1930s-40s Germany to highlight how such systems enable state control over the lives of citizens. He warns that while these systems are introduced on the basis of safety and convenience they pose serious threats to privacy and freedom.
On this episode of Based, Senator Antic and Paul G. Conlon discuss the centralised identity system, what we can learn from that historical experience, and the many devils in the details of centralised digital ID.
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And to complete the 1984 scenario are the new Border ID requirements for non EU residents, which require you to provide your fingerprints. How long before hackers get hold of finger print data, print out embossed prints, use tape to take an image and leave at crime scenes for innocents to be charged with a crime they did not commit.
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Required to enter Thailand AFAIK I'm thinking Vietnam too.
Oh, Canada they're coming for you too 
UK Pushing Online Safety Act to OTHER Countries
BTW there's a link in the description of the video to all multiple hours of this disgraceful junk at parl.gc.ca 
Further BTW Goodness gracious these politicians both sides of the pond are ugly people visage, personality and morals 
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Please ensure that all commentary attacks the Merit of Ideas, not People.
Personal attacks are not productive. Examining merit, is.
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No comment on the content? Digital I.D. and protect the kiddies online are one and the same thing, 2 sides of the same globalist coin.
@Aravisian showed You that You have insulted a Group of Persons. When You don't like what they do, okay. Then critizie what they do. But don't insult People.
The criticism is self evident, if you can't see what this agenda is then there is nothing I can say to help you!
Okay, one more Time: This was not about the Topic. The Quote that @Aravisian made from You was about unsulting a Group of Persons with - I quote it now by myself:
That is an Insult.
Is it a personal insult to ANYONE on this forum? NO it isn't however what is an insult is your indifference to this vile agenda. You have nothing to say about digital enslavement? Anything?
It doesn't matter if it is someone in the Forum or not. Insulting is not okay. And with that I say it clear the last Time: Don't insult People. That's all.
Well, it all depends on whether you have a patriotic, nationalist gov't which is pro country, family, morality, etc or a leftist, subversive gov't.
All Western counties currently have the latter except the US which is split.
This topic is now closed.
Being able to discuss issues and inform others is a crucial action.
Advocating critical examination of repercussions is an act of prevention.
Multiple members are turning this thread into a One Sided Political Agenda; e.g.:
Statements like these implicate the entirety of the board as politically biased.
Or are engaging in Ad Hominem personal attacks (including turning one moderator warning into three by deflecting.)
This turns the thread into "Discuss - only as long as you agree with me."
That is contradictory to a free exchange of ideas, open discourse and critical thinking.
This thread is now closed.
The topic itself is still permissible, by members who will engage in the art of debate, avoiding logical fallacies and political bias.
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