Mastodon, the decentralized social network, stated it cannot comply with age verification laws like Mississippi’s recent legislation because it lacks the technical capability to do so[1]. While Mastodon’s software allows server administrators to specify a minimum age of 16 for sign-ups, the age-check data is not stored, and the nonprofit has no way to verify users’ ages[1:1].
The organization emphasizes that individual server owners must decide for themselves whether to implement age verification, noting that Mastodon was founded specifically “to allow different jurisdictions to have social media that is independent of the U.S.”[1:2]
This stance follows Bluesky’s decision to block service in Mississippi over similar age verification requirements[1:3]. Mastodon’s position highlights the unique challenges decentralized platforms face with regional compliance, as there is “nobody that can decide for the fediverse to block Mississippi,” according to Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko[1:4].
We could send in the passports of our entire family by post.
With the names and adresses of our children’s school’s and school teachers.
you could then contact the teachers directly to confirm that the children are of age.
Then, Go online and spread the “we have nothing to hide”, “we must protect our children” mantra.
yep! thats sounds about right, for a one eyed, single celled mollusc, living under a nuclear radiated rock.
LOL!
To the legislators of Mississippi.
one of my favourite songs: Tough shit wilson by Splodgenessabounds. great band
Tough shit was born in Mississippi (orignially Tennessee*) He was deaf and dumb, he measured 4 foot 3 He had one arm, one leg, no teeth, and one plum He married a girl in 62, she was a 60 year old leper, called Mary Lou But she died of cancer on her anniversary
[Chorus:] They call him toughshit, toughshit Wilson Toughshit, thoughshit was his name Toughshit was left with a baby son, who died on leukemia, at the age of one And toughshit was left with his guide doggy called roach Till one day crossing with his dog on a wee doach But roach didn’t see the coach approach And the wheels rolled gently over toughshits head
I think a doach is a railway track, but Im not sure, its scottish. Who the fuck can understand those bastards.
[Chorus:] They call him toughshit, toughshit Wilson And toughshit was his name They call him toughshit And toughshit was his claim to fame At tough shits funeral, no one came The vicar was late and it poured with rain They dropped the coffin down a flight of stairs But let us not forget toughshits pain And perhaps he never died in vein but when it comes to that Who fucking cares, not me I don’t See upcoming rock shows Get tickets for your favorite artists
Next you can’t go online without the web cam on, your ID card and a newspaper of the day visible in it, including an retina scan. Naturally to protect our childrens. Naturally accounts on any site only with full real name, direction, Phone, CC and social security number. Safety first.
I am so sick of this fascism wrapped in the language of child protectionism. This is only about going after dissenting voices who use the shield of anonymity to speak freely. The persecution of people defending Gaza vocally is proof of that.
At least “protect the children” is a meme now. Lotta people aren’t buying it.
Doesn’t matter whether people buy it when their views have no effect on government policy. It seems many governments are simultaneously deciding to require ID to use the internet, and you have to suspect it’s coordinated.
I think we neee to protest, but we also need to work hard to set up more robust ways to use at least the non-corporate web anonymously. If it’s left to governments we’ll get to the point where only licensed corporate publishers are allowed to run a website and only licensed users can access it.
After they used the same line about jazz, rock and roll, Dungeons and Dragons, video games…
Yeah, remembering the hilarious ban of Postal 2
Next step, it’ll be the Roman Catholic Church that will be protected, and Israelies who kvetch about the Gaza stuff would be nothing, my producer seems to think think, in the future when there’s a mass exodus that occurs from the Roman Catholic Church.
And this is as it should be. Fuck the state.
It would be like requiring age verification to subscribe to an RSS feed
And this is how they want to suppress speech.
Huge W for mastodon
You see a unique challenge. I see a feature.
