782
Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws (techcrunch.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 66 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The more interesting question is, who would you arrest? Just ignore the law. It's unenforceable when it comes to the fediverse.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Those hosting the more popular environments. The posts would live on perhaps but target enough people and it likely becomes too small for them to care anymore, sadly.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago*

    I think the instance owner would be responsible, but what if the instance is out of the state?

    Unless the instance owner is on a visa, with a criminal record they could get him. But otherwise it’s hard to be enforced.

    Maybe they could ask the app stores to ban apps in that states. Something like that

    Also states could ask ISP blocking the main instances.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent