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[–] 42 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ages identities?

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.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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)_/¯

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

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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