- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
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.
Hopefully sites will rather go dark then implement systems to store and retain “age verification” data, or more specifically “identify data”.
Age verification in my mind just means people that want to create a website will now have large barriers to entry.
Where I see this going is a service will probably pop up that will allow site developers to stick a third party “age verification” platform infront of their site that acts like a gate keeper or bouncer.
Sign in with Facebook will probably become more common now that I think of it. Visiting bestbuy? Sign in with Facebook. Visiting a adult website? Sign in with Facebook.