Bluesky blocks Mississippi users over age verification law

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• ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I really wish they’d stop calling it “age verification”. It’s “identity verification”.

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  • tfm@europe.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That would be too obvious

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  • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’re trying to control other people’s children. It’s evil

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, they’re trying to control everyone. This is so they can more easily track absolutely everyone

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• joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Its probably more difficult to block multiple mastodon instances than the single bluesky site.

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  • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The problem is that the state is blocking it; its that they threatened to impose a $10,000 fine for each user who can access the site without first proving their age

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    • joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If a minor hosted their own instance for friends, would the state fine them $10,000/pop?

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• Skavau@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Also, a detail but:

  https://www.pcmag.com/news/supreme-court-lets-mississippi-age-verification-law-go-into-effect-for

  It's considered likely to be unconstitutional.

  The ruling now allows Mississippi to enforce its social media law while case continues in the lower court. In the ruling, Kavanaugh also cited several district court rulings opposing similar age-verification laws, concluding that "the Mississippi law is likely unconstitutional."

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  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t think the constitution has mattered for a while, mate.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Didn’t SCOTUS recently uphold one of these age verification laws?

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    • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For Porn sites only

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• umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because it’s not just the US pushing it.

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• Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Does this law apply to all social media or social media-type sites or only social media websites under the umbrella of the NetChoice group?

  I’ve read several articles and they’re all frustratingly vague. Bluesky is not under NetChoice so I assume social media sites will be blocking MS IPs?

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  • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My understanding is that it applies to every site which hosts any NSFW content, whether or not minors can access it

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• Skavau@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So I'm curious. If this law is in play in Mississippi now, are Mississippians being prompted for their ID on Discord, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit etc? I would check myself but my VPN doesn't have a Mississippi server.

  If not, and they're not bothering, then why is Bluesky reacting like this specifically?

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  • percent@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I kinda wish the big companies would do the same and just block the states that pass these laws. Like, the state just loses access to a big chunk of the internet as soon as the bill passes, prompting an uproar and a learning opportunity for those lawmakers.

    Obviously that’s probably unrealistic, but I can dream 🙂

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      PornHub blocked us in Florida.

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bluesky likely doesn’t want to deal with the hassle and the percentage of users from the state that use it is so minimal they just don’t view it as worthwhile.

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    • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I suppose it's more me being curious about why the bigger-boys aren't using age-ID there.

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• Kintarian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m about ready to cancel my internet and buy a book. Maybe even go outside.

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  • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Extreme times, extreme measures…?

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• humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  These laws will make Americans seek escape from empire monitoring through VPNs. Empire will coopt the VPNs and then democrats accessing Bluesky without identity verification will be charged with hacking crimes.

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• abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You know the law must be bad if they block Mississippi due to this, but not the UK.

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  • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    With the UK, they can block content that’s known to be NSFW. With Mississippi, they get fined if kids access the site at all if somebody else on there sees something NSFW.

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    • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Jesus christ, that’s even worse.

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• LemUser@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Didn’t some woman shoot up Google headquarters because of some age verification process on YouTube where she specifically made makeup videos geared toward children and lost all her revenue or subscribers?

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