Mastodon Says It Doesn't Have the Means to Comply with Age Verification Laws
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Original: Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws
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TheCleric
4 months ago
The back and forth discussion that led to this was extremely naive from Mastodon’s perspective. Instead of talking through how this was a bad law all around, all he wanted to do was have a pissing match over who’s decentralized solution was better. This will absolutely have the same effect on Mississippi users on US instances as it does on BlueSky users on US infrastructure. To assert otherwise is inviting legal troubles.
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