Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws | TechCrunch
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Decentralized social network Mastodon says it cannot comply with age verification laws, like in Mississippi and elsewhere, and says it's up to individual server owners to decide.
  • gian English
    1•5 days ago

    Without an actual victim there is no crime.

    And I understand this. What I don’t like is the idea that to try to prevent that there will be victims is bad.

    • @HiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•5 days ago

      The way to prevent crime isn’t to punish those who haven’t hurt anyone, but to more strongly punish those who have.