Is Spid to access social networks really a good idea?
The Etica Digitale campaign, PeaceLink and LeAlternative on social media regulation. The intervention of Giordano Alborghetti
This February, Etica Digitale together with associations of digital rights and freedoms gave life to the media campaign # SocialSìCretiniNo.
The campaign was born in response to the reaction that politicians such as Zampa (Pd), Cangini (FI), Pisano (M5S) and Marattin (IV) had when it came to making the network a safer place (the last case that of ten-year-old girl from Palermo, whose death has been attributed by several sources to participation in a challenge on TikTok).
SPID AS A SOCIAL AUTHENTICATION TOOL
Instead of educating on the ethical use of the network and critically analyzing the tools that surround us, # SocialSìCretiniNo emphasizes that the only solution proposed is always to monitor and scare. In fact, a few months ago – thanks to these personalities – the idea of using the Spid as an authentication tool on social media has taken hold, to prevent tragedies like the one in Palermo from happening again. However, explains the campaign, a little reasoning and a look at the history of recent years would be enough to realize that this is only an abstruse complication from a legislative, application and ethical point of view, easily circumvented (for example with a VPN) and severely limited to a single area of the network – commercial social networks.
THE SOCIAL CAMPAIGN YES CRETINS NO
With a funny cartoon in pixel art and an in-depth article available on the socialsicretini.net website, the campaign illustrates the inefficiency of similar approaches on multiple levels of communication, while at the same time suggesting constructive methods from which to start: education, financial support and general recognition. towards those who deal with these issues, and accountability on the part of the state. Participants include PeaceLink associations, and the renowned digital alternative site LeAlternative.
WHAT IS DIGITAL ETHICS
Etica Digitale is an independent voluntary group of girls and boys with the aim of bringing the person and rights back to the center of the technological debate.
THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS INVOLVED
PeaceLink is a voluntary information association. Since 1991 it has promoted the culture of solidarity and human rights, education for peace, international cooperation, the repudiation of racism and mafias, the defense of the environment and legality. LeAlternative is an independent dissemination project with the aim of illustrating ethical alternatives to many of the mainstream digital products.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/spid-per-accedere-ai-social-e-davvero-una-buona-idea/ on Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:58:41 +0000.