This is formal political advertising, isn't? That's heavily regulated everywhere I know. It's not the same as posting a comment as an individual.
If you buy alcohol in a shop they ask for ID. Nobody thinks that's crazy. If you want to post a political advert they ask for ID. It seems like all they're doing here is rewording that to 'demanding' and making it sound like a police raid.
No, it isn't. It was a personal post on politics. And from the way many posters here seem to suggesting that this was based on an "ad", it seems to be an attempt to change the narrative from the actual facts.
And as per indian experts, it violates our privacy.
Secondly, when I go to the store I obviously consent to having my ID checked. What has never happened in my life is that I bought something on an online platform, and one week later the company representative shows up and asks me for my information.
It's one thing to enter some place of business voluntarily, it's an entire different thing for a private company to actually pursue me to my home. In fact, the alcohol store owner has literally no idea where I live, because unlike facebook store owners aren't in the habit of keeping track of my home address.
And political advertising is also strictly regulated.
> I hope we're not actually treating speech on online platforms as if it was a dangerous substance.
I don't know if you've been following the fake news situation of the last half-decade... it's a bit of a problem.
> I obviously consent to having my ID checked
I think you do as well when you post political adverts on Facebook, don't you? It's not like posting a comment or a business advert.
> It's one thing to enter some place of business voluntarily, it's an entire different thing for a private company to actually pursue me to my home.
Why do you use a word like 'pursue'? This wasn't a car chase. They just knocked on someone's door. 'Demanding', 'pursuing', you're using language to make it sound like something more dramatic than it was.
The user in question wasn't advertising anything. He was visited for a private post. The mentioning of political advertising in the article isn't related to this case.