OR they could grow a spine and actually back up the shit they claim to advocate for. You can simply geoblock that area/state/country and state to your users there that you value free speech and you won't bend the whims of a authoritarian government. Let the people who are now being denied a service complain and get it changed. Other companies have done this most recently Imgur.

For a company to immediately bend the knee and institute ID checks doesn't fly right with me. They're stating that they are more than willing to change their policies at the whim of whatever government body. Also they are more than happy to start collecting MORE data on users to then do god knows what with. How do I know Bluesky isn't going to sell said data they've obtained? how do I know how secure my ID is with them? And I do have to question their motivations when they consistently, immediately, agree to collect data on their users this way. Bluesky is essentially still a start up and they need funding, what better way to get more cash flowing in then harvesting their users data?

I wouldn't trust Bluesky as far as I could throw them.

We jail execs in the US? Huh. Didn't know that.

or they should actually call the bluff of the government and take them to court instead of just rolling over....