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Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws

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Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws | TechCrunch

Decentralized social network Mastodon says it cannot comply with age verification laws, like in Mississippi and elsewhere, and says it's up to individual server owners to decide.

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This does come with a (maybe trivial) cost for those hosts of not being able to enter the UK.

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