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Minnesota Law Requires Platforms to Monitor and Age-Estimate All Users (reclaimthenet.org)

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Governor Tim Walz signed House File 4138 on Tuesday, turning Minnesota into the latest state to demand that social media platforms profile every user who logs on.

The law, which takes effect in July 2027, forces platforms with at least 10,000 account holders or $1 billion in annual revenue to estimate the age of all Minnesota users, obtain parental consent before anyone under 16 can hold an account, and disable a list of features the legislature has labeled “addictive.” It passed the state House 132-2 and the Senate 66-0.

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[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 day ago

So I'm assuming the big Fediverse instances will be blocked in this state, but small self-hosted instances need not worry, yet?