Comment on Th EU iniative for Stop Killing Games has reached the goal of 1 million signatures!!

• MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Does it not stop you from signing multiple times? The UK one tells you you’ve already signed it when you try again. I tried it again recently in case i was misremembering signing the second petition after the first one was misunderstood completely by the uk government.

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  • zerofk@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oddly, the EU one just has a checkbox that you need to check to confirm that you haven’t signed before. I’m guessing removal of duplicates happens only after closing, along with other data validation.

    I thought this strange at first too, but I think it’s because of the disparate identification methods in different countries. If everyone had a digital ID card instant checking would be doable, but note it probably isn’t.

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    • Opisek@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s not true. It depends on the country. In certain countries it will tell you if your identification number had been used before.

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      • zerofk@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Interesting! I tried from a country that has an eID so it should be trivial to weed out duplicates, yet I got that checkbox.

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    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      For the UK one it’s just tied to your email address to prevent duplicates, and you just input your name and physical address which will be used to confirm you’re actually a citizen.

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  • kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wait, what happened with the first one?

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    • Burnedspaghetti@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Parliament disbanded iirc

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      • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        After giving such a bad answer to it that some other part of the government stepped in and said the answer was dramatically insufficient.

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