Jan Penfrat<p>The 🇵🇱 Polish government has suggested new EU rules to ban the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymous</span></a> purchase of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prepaid</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SIMcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIMcards</span></a>.</p><p>“The main threat associated with prepaid SIM cards is <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a>,” says a document obtained by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@statewatch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>statewatch</span></a></span> and one cannot make one's disdain for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> any clearer.</p><p>Extensive research has found no evidence that bans on anonymous purchases of SIM cards contribute to reducing <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.statewatch.org/news/2025/march/eu-officials-discuss-banning-anonymous-use-of-mobile-phones/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statewatch.org/news/2025/march</span><span class="invisible">/eu-officials-discuss-banning-anonymous-use-of-mobile-phones/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a></p>