Minister for Communications Patrick O'Donovan proposes using a new Government digital wallet to strengthen child protections on social media through the use of ID verification. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

The issue of verifying identities online has long been a thorny one. Every so often, a politician will stick their head above the parapet and suggest accounts should be verified via official m

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