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Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws (techcrunch.com)
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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You sell that cert to a local kid for $50

You generate another cert to sell to a local kid tomorrow

???

Profit

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And your solution is...?

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There's no problem, so we don't need one. We got by just fine without age verification on the internet for decades

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm not sure if we are doing that fine. The thing about the decades is there wasn't really a web for kids to browse. Nowadays it's different. But still, I agree with you. We should keep responsibility to the parents as long as possible. But I really don't think my friend's daughter should be browsing TikTok at her age.

(Which is my friend's task, not mine or that of some pedo in government)