I'm kind of out of the loop but I saw for example Bluesky was blocking Mississippi residents from accessing Bluesky: https://bsky.social/about/blog/08-22-2025-mississippi-hb1126
Anyone know what the plan is for lemmy instances and other forums?
I'm kind of out of the loop but I saw for example Bluesky was blocking Mississippi residents from accessing Bluesky: https://bsky.social/about/blog/08-22-2025-mississippi-hb1126
Anyone know what the plan is for lemmy instances and other forums?
11 Comments
oleorun@lemmy.fan · 7 pts · 362d
I don't support unfunded and illegal mandates so my instance will never do age verification. I dare the fuckers to try to enforce it.
Alice@hilariouschaos.com · 3 pts · 361d
Wish I was able to add more but in still learning about all that
airrow@hilariouschaos.com · 2 pts · 361d
yeah I was wondering what people on nostr or on here were thinking should be what HC does or what other platforms should do in response
Alice@hilariouschaos.com · 2 pts · 361d
Im wondering if it only applies to like Europe
airrow@hilariouschaos.com · 2 pts · 360d
It did but if you check the OP link as an example, some U.S. states have been passing laws to try to regulate social media (because allegedly lots of children are exposed to NSFW content via social media platforms)
Alice@hilariouschaos.com · 2 pts · 360d
Oh shit. Ok imma look more into it, I think I've heard similar recently
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net · 2 pts · 72d
Typically they'll set up the laws with a floor, because otherwise some kid setting up phpbb would need age verification and that's not gonna fly.
Alice@hilariouschaos.com · 1 pts · 50d
Dam that's true. I just got bluesky trying to get meto verify my age shits weird.
Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com · 3 pts · 361d
It may be the case that they would have to deal with this sort of thing on an instance by intance basis, right, and a lot of these instances are too small to warrant state level attention, so it might not be a big deal.
airrow@hilariouschaos.com · 1 pts · 361d
I think that could work initially but I don't know how sustainable that approach is
I'm thinking maybe in practice they will end up dialing the scope of this back some to make it more workable
PinkFairyArmadillo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 361d
airrow@hilariouschaos.com · 2 pts · 361d
I don't really know but am guessing this will end up being a little difficult in practice and that it will force even people supportive of the move to amend the bills with changes to make them more workable