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Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws (techcrunch.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Decentralized social network Mastodon says it can’t comply with Mississippi’s age verification law — the same law that saw rival Bluesky pull out of the state — because it doesn’t have the means to do so.

The social non-profit explains that Mastodon doesn’t track its users, which makes it difficult to enforce such legislation. Nor does it want to use IP address-based blocks, as those would unfairly impact people who were traveling, it says.

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[-] Danitos@reddthat.com 9 points 5 hours ago

Your answer seems so out of touch with reality. It feels equivalent to suggesting a depressed person to simply don't be sad.

Moving out to a different state is not easy, either because of family, job, money, studies, life or any other situation.

[-] ZMonster@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

I don't think that comparison is as unequivocal as you seem to think. Sure, I bet it's more likely than not that the average person has any of those attachments, but some people don't. Maybe their job is a dead end, their family is abusive or toxic, their money is a sunk cost, their studies are related to a futile program, and they just need someone to put a bug in their head.

I was abused, manipulated, homeless, with 30k stuck in a scam and not a penny to my name, trying to get into triangle tech. I had every reason to stay. But my closest friend told me to run the fuck away and never look back - I had never considered it. Best advice I ever got and it saved my life. And triangle tech was just another scam.

You never know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯