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Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's almost like this law was made to preserve the Meta monopoly. Starting a social media platform just got more expensive and complicated.

[โ€“] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

They consulted with MindGeek, who own Pornhub etc.. They're one of the few companies big enough to comply. It was designed to preserve their monopoly, not Meta's. The politicians voting on it didn't necessarily understand that, but the law had been approved by children's charities and (a single representative of) the industry, so there'd be no reason (if you didn't understand how technology works) to question it.