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

submitted 2 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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[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The answer? Block Texas

Not joking. If suddenly hundreds or thousands of sites would become unavailable. It wouldn't last a week

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

doesnt that happen every time it rains in texas?

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

That didn't work with porn, so it's not a good idea for less popular websites.

[-] Good_morning@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 months ago

Honestly only a couple of the big porn sites, of it hit more big things it'd cause more uproar, imagine if Facebook went down for a day

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 7 points 2 months ago

Why would anyone mess with texas at this point?

[-] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Cause it's funny

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

Why would we not? Why would we listen to a damn thing they have to say?

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