I've been thinking. Every mainstream social media is age verificated now. But sites such as SomethingAwful, 4chan and the Fediverse weren't. So why are we trying to populate it if the Fedi' was popular too, we would ALSO be verificated and spywared (made up this word for this post's sake)?

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[–] thenexusofprivacy@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A lot of the laws aren't limited by the size of the site, or whether or not it's non-commercial, so instances with users in some places with age verification laws already do; Australia, Mississippi, and the UK (with the Online Safety Act) are three example. I haven't heard of any examples of instances getting warnings about this yet -- although a couple instances with content that might be considered unsuitable for minors have geoblocked the UK to avoid triggering the Online Safety Act -- but it's only a matter of time.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

but it’s only a matter of time.

So we will all eventually have to be age-verified, Fedi or not, one time or another?