Mississippi's age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test

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• Skavau@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Have any of Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord implemented age-checks in Mississippi then?

  If not, why is Bluesky the only one going dark there?

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  • joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because Bluesky isn’t a real decentralized platform

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    • Sl00k@programming.dev ⁨47⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      There are other Appviews on the atProto that have chosen not to implement checks that have full access to Bluesky posting/data.

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    • AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      🤝🙂‍↕️

      Decentralized

      BitchSky

      嘘！

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    • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah but why aren't the other sites implementing checks?

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  • stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bluesky is a small indie company. It can’t afford to fight the law or implement the extensive age verification the law requires. So it chose to pull the plug and leave.

    FB, X, etc, have a lot more resources to either implement the extensive, invasive age verification Mississippi requires or keep fighting it in court.

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    • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m of the opinion that even if it is final, at some points laws are so ridiculous they must cease to be effective for all.

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    • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      and keep fighting it in court

      > implying those neofash sites would fight against orders to tHiNk Of thE cHiLdReN

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• HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is bullshit. It should be on mississippi to block the sites or require local isps to block them. The providers are on the internet and not going out to be in mississippi. Places should wall themselves off if they can't handle the internet.

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  • Prox@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or - hear me out here - it shouldn’t be on anybody to do anything because the law itself is garbage and should not exist.

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    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      But the question is, what would be a reasonable legal principle for preventing such laws generally? Mississippi is going to pass bullshit laws, but it shouldn’t be possible for the jurisdiction of any state to be the entire internet.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Psssshhhh!!! Get outta here with that solid logic, and critical thinking! We don’t use reasoning in this country! We just cry and scream until everybody ELSE caves to the demands!

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    • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It should fall on the parents and ISPs should have an opt in option to block adult websites.

      But we all know this is more about control and data harvesting than anything else.

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    • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      yup but at least then they would be leading the charge for people to leave their state.

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  • crank0271@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You’re right. Imagine having to put more resources into Mississippi than Mississippi puts into anything.

    How would other countries have responded if instead of building The Great Firewall, China had demanded each international company not allow Chinese citizens within China to access certain parts of their websites?

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    • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah what you have at the end is sorta my thought line. You want to go all censorship at least get off your ass and do it yourself.

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• klu9@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Malicious compliance:

  • "Are you too old to have flown on the Lolita Express with Epstein and Trump?"
  • "Are you young enough to be employed as a 'towel girl' at the Mar a Lago massage parlour?"

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  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Has Mississippi lower the age restriction to 14 years old?

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• theacharnian@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t understand. Does an instance hosted anywhere outside of this US backwater state have anything to fear from this? Why is Eugen being contacted all the way in Germany?

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  • rimu@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They're primarily in Germany but there is some US presence too. From the join Mastodon site:

    Mastodon, Inc. (EIN 92-3333630) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States that supports the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations and in-kind support.

    Oops

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