Most of us log into our social media sites, whether it is Twitter, Facebook or Instagram at least a few times a day.

But soon, it could require more than entering your username and password to check your friends' latest updates.

The European Commission is now proposing the idea of using national ID cards to log in to online services, including Facebook, Twitter and even Uber.

Soon, it could require more than entering your username and password to check your friends' latest updates on social media sites like Twitter. The idea has been presented by Andrus Ansip (right), Vice President for the Digital Single Market on the European Commission

Government ID cards are used in European member states, except for Denmark and the UK. But the move may open the floodgates to similar actions elsewhere.

The idea has been presented by Andrus Ansip, Vice President for the Digital Single Market on the European Commission.

Documents were leaked from within the European Commission, which revealed a call for the roll out of more extensive use of national ID cards across the EU.

Since the leak, the European Commission has uploaded the paper to the Commission's own website.

The paper outlines that: 'Online platforms need to accept credentials issued or recognised by national public authorities, such as electronic ID cards, citizens cards, bank cards or mobile IDs.

'For every consumer to have a multitude of username and password combinations is not only inconvenient but becomes a security risk.'

Mr Ansip is from Estonia, where they currently have a highly-developed national ID card system.

The paper is called 'Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market' and is dated from 25 May.

The main reason that the paper states for implementing ID cards is to combat the current prevalence of fake user reviews that are misleading European consumers.

The paper states: 'Online ratings and reviews of goods and services are helpful and empowering to consumers, but they need to be trustworthy and free from any bias or manipulation.'

The EC is proposing the idea of using national ID cards to log in to online services, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (stock image used)

However, many people are unhappy about the proposal, saying it will eradicate both online privacy and freedom of speech.

Speaking to Breitbart London, Diane James, a Member of the European Parliament and the UK Independence Party's spokesman for Home Affair said: 'Calling on us to log onto YouTube with national IDs etc shows a direction of travel which should worry anybody who believes in personal liberty.'

It appears that this interference in social media by the EU is not a new occurrence.

Ms James added: 'In 2013, the European Parliament spent almost £2 million on press monitoring and trawling Eurosceptic debates on the internet for "trolls" during euro-elections amid fears that hostility to the EU was growing.'

The European Parliament claimed 'institutional communicators must have the ability to monitor public conversation and sentiment on the ground and in real time, to understand 'trending topics' and have the capacity to react quickly.'