Achtung, YouTube: Germany Proposes Federal ID Checks for Online Video Sites.
Want to watch something on YouTube? Get ready to show your ID first — if you live in Germany, that is. Politicians from the conservative German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are proposing a bill that would force online video sites to institute strict registration requirements for all of their users. Even casual video viewers would have to register with full name, address and federal ID card number before being able to access a single clip.
