General_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification lawstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square202linkfedilinkarrow-up1814arrow-down11
arrow-up1813arrow-down1external-linkMastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification lawstechcrunch.comGeneral_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square202linkfedilink
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-23 days agoLucky for Mastodon and other ActivityPub projects, they don’t need to host any servers. People outside of regions where age verification is required can host the servers instead.
minus-squarecmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoBut what if govt block the site hosted outside? And the VPNs require you to do an age verification?
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 days agoGood luck blocking Tor or I2P. China already tried that.
minus-squaresmnwcj@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThis does come with a (maybe trivial) cost for those hosts of not being able to enter the UK.
Lucky for Mastodon and other ActivityPub projects, they don’t need to host any servers. People outside of regions where age verification is required can host the servers instead.
But what if govt block the site hosted outside? And the VPNs require you to do an age verification?
Good luck blocking Tor or I2P. China already tried that.
This does come with a (maybe trivial) cost for those hosts of not being able to enter the UK.