• Skavau@piefed.social
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    So I’m curious. If this law is in play in Mississippi now, are Mississippians being prompted for their ID on Discord, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit etc? I would check myself but my VPN doesn’t have a Mississippi server.

    If not, and they’re not bothering, then why is Bluesky reacting like this specifically?

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      I kinda wish the big companies would do the same and just block the states that pass these laws. Like, the state just loses access to a big chunk of the internet as soon as the bill passes, prompting an uproar and a learning opportunity for those lawmakers.

      Obviously that’s probably unrealistic, but I can dream 🙂

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          Yeah but that’s a porn site, not Discord, Reddit, Instagram, X, etc. A porn site is at least understandable. I mean, people have had to show ID to buy physical porn for years, so it’s at least not a new concept. (I would never upload my PII in exchange for porn, but I can at least understand the logic.)

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      Bluesky likely doesn’t want to deal with the hassle and the percentage of users from the state that use it is so minimal they just don’t view it as worthwhile.

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        I suppose it’s more me being curious about why the bigger-boys aren’t using age-ID there.