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[–] 52 points 1 year ago (11 children)

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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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    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 implement the extensive, invasive age verification Mississippi requires and keep fighting it in court until the decision upholding it is final.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Tbh my first thought was "ehh people can just vpn around it then" which is basically just saying its easily circumventable and i know no instance of legal issues for those that do.

    Still a net negative for that state though and the more laws and circumvemtion becomes more common the more people are thrown into the precarius class (see immigrants in the US now).

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Because Bluesky isn't a real decentralized platform

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