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Nemeski@mander.xyz to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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

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

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Mississippi's age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test | TechCrunch
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Bluesky says it would block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with the new age verification law.
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    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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      Because Bluesky isn’t a real decentralized platform

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

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          Money.

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          They will

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        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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