There is wiggle room on matters of sexual misconduct and domestic violence in the USA’s most popular sports league. But speaking with a conscience is a step too far.

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...