Compliance depends on the instance. Pick an instance where the admin doesn’t give a dingo’s kidney, or an instance located in a country where the local law doesn’t require age verification.
Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Prathas@lemmy.zip to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
[deleted]bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
I’m waiting to see exactly how the UK plans to compel me, someone who lives outside the UK with a Lemmy server hosted outside the UK, to follow their rules.
If they find me non-compliant, they can block my site.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
We are witnessing the next step along the way to a completely fragmented web. Sort of like the DataKrash, but in slow motion.
hisao@ani.social 2 weeks ago
I struggle to understand, why do those sites block uk users? Are there really any “international regulations” that demand that if you don’t want to comply with whatever arbitrary rules some country set, you should stop serving users from that country?
Prathas@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Hmm, do we know which countries will be exempt? I hadn’t thought about that…
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I’ve only heard about UK Australia and certain states in America. If you live in Kazakhstan next to Borat, you should be fine.
As always, EU is complicated, so we’ll have to wait and see how that works out.
Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
There isn’t a global law about age verification they countries could be exempt of. It’s individual countries doing it.
And on top of that the laws are different from what I’ve seen, in the UK for example you have to fullfil certain criteria to fall under that law. But frankly it seems to be a mess in my opinion.
This is what an age verification service says about it:
Pamasich@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users'
agesidentities?If they're located in the UK, sure. But given how small Lemmy instances are, I assume they'll fly under the radar.
Non-UK instances won't be forced to do anything. The UK can't do shit outside their borders, so as long as the instance's operator doesn't set foot into the country, all they can do is block the instance in the UK.
Buckshot@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Was wondering about this, I’m in UK, I could just make my own instance, I’m the only user so I verify my own age, federate with everyone. All good? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Toes@ani.social 2 weeks ago
I love that idea.
If you do, I’d like to know what kind of bandwidth and system usage it demands.
I’ve been wondering if a pi could do this for me and my few friends.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 weeks ago
Well they can do shit - they can put out arrest warrants and fines, and possibly have the person extradited to the UK depending on the country.
blarghly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Right, but realistically this would be far too much work. Like, they would need to do the same for every digital sex worker who has ever spun up their own website. It’s just not feasible.
Pamasich@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
they can put out arrest warrants and fines
Of course they can, but they're unenforceable if the instance's operator has no presence nor assets in the UK. That's why I wrote "forced" in bold. They can issue shit, but that's where it stops.
and possibly have the person extradited to the UK
According to Wikipedia, extradition requires that the crime is such in BOTH countries. So no, I don't see that being an option here.
mrdown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Until similar laws hit other countries
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Lemmy.zip is UK based and ended up blocking anyone from the UK from visiting the site 🤷
MrNesser@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In the UK the law is largely unenforceable. VPN usage has shot up since it came in and there was a reveal the houses of parliament are exempt from the requirement.
The internet safety law is impacting larger companies that profit from adult content such as red GIFs and pornhub.
Facebook hasn’t been called out yet despite the very obvious adult content in their reels.
Smaller sites are flying under the radar for now. Lemmy probably due to it’s distributed nature.
Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
the houses of parliament are exempt from the requirement.
Of course, the jerks…
MrNesser@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve always said the only way to make this fair is for the big sites to publish viewing data
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 2 weeks ago
I really don’t see that happening. The internet and the real people that build it tend to be innovative tinkerers and hackers. Things get built because there is a need and someone tries to say they can’t. P2P, darkness, proxies, VPNs, heck the whole concept of the fediverse defies the idea of control by an external entity. So they may try, but the chances are slim it works.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
At the end of the day, if two computers can talk to each other there will always be some form of uncontrollable internet.
Naich@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
My instance just blocked UK users. Je suis francais maintenant, mate.
StrixUralensis@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 weeks ago
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, just like they don’t give a fuck about your privacy either.
mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Mastodon has nothing they can do to implement digital ID’s, which is what age verification is. Lemmy might not have the technology to do it, because it’s libre and a protocol.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 weeks ago
I don’t think I’ll block any, but then I only have a few friends using my instance.
I’m in the odd boat that my server in in Australia (for the AU laws), but I call it a NZ instance - where I live
fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I can only answer for dbzer0/anarchist.nexus but FUCK NO. We ain’t gonna do that shit lol. If we ever have trouble with the law in any country, we can always backup and move.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
Ditto. We were contemplating a flash screen warning with links to VPNs and TOR for affected countries.
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
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That’s how you troll them lol
Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
👏🙌
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I was wondering if I chose the right instance migrating over from lemm.ee. Nice to see I did
fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
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