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Texas SCOPE act takes effect Sunday. How does Lemmy comply? (www.click2houston.com)

submitted 3 months ago by FarFarAway@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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"The SCOPE Act takes effect this Sunday, Sept. 1, and will require everyone to verify their age for social media."

So how does this work with Lemmy? Is anyone in Texas just banned, is there some sort of third party ID service lined up...for every instance, lol.

But seriously, how does Lemmy (or the fediverse as a whole) comply? Is there some way it just doesn't need to?

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[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Look where it's hosted? Sorry, but this approach has been outdated for decades. Laws apply when you address the users inside that legislation. No matter where you are, where your server is, etc.

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Do you have examples of that? From what I've seen the laws only apply if a business has a physical presence in that state or country.

[-] Grenfur@lemmy.one 9 points 3 months ago

Pornhub is an example of exactly this. They've blocked whole stares like Arkansas and Utah over these kinds of laws. I highly doubt pornhub has a physical presence in Arkansas of all places.

[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Everywhere...

Today here: https://sh.itjust.works/post/24478719

[-] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

And like the top level comment stated, it's on Brazil to block Twitter in their corner of the internet. That's why their 20,000 ISPs are scrambling to block it - not Twitter

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