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How could/would/should the Fediverse do age verification if required in the EU? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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The question is prompted by the age verification app that the EU has just presented.

Some EU countries want to ban social media for young people. If that were to happen, what then?

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[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world -4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Small platforms are excluded but don't let that get in the way of your hysteria

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Small platforms are excluded today

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah that's how laws work, if it included them it would be a different law or a significantly different proposal.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

From some things maybe. Plenty of recent "online safety" style laws around the world have no exceptions based on platform size.

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We are talking about a specific thing: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/dsa-vlops

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

You are talking about the DSA.

There is no reason to believe that future social media bans will have such exceptions. VDL said explicitly that the app means that there are "no more excuses".

The DSA excludes small platforms from some rules, so as not to overwhelm start-ups with bureaucracy. Clearly, such considerations are to be neutralized in the future.