What is the SCOPE Act? New law expected to take effect Sunday aims to add extra layer of protection to kids online
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The new SCOPE Act takes effect this Sunday, adding protections for kids online through age verification and stricter marketplace regulations but one non-profit is challenging it. Will a judge block it? #OnlineSafety #ConsumerProtection #SCOPEAct

“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?

  • @General_Effort
    1•14 days ago

    Bitcoin.

    It may be illegal to operate a bitcoin miner in Europe. That’s entirely possible. I don’t think the courts would go so far as to outlaw crypto in Europe via that route. But who knows.

    the technology is similar in the relevant aspects

    No. You can just turn off federation. You can make contracts with the instances you federate with. With crypto, you have to send the whole blockchain around, or else you don’t have crypto.

    As for Meta, the problem is that the data they’re sharing is not public.

    No. Look up what companies and people are fined for.

    Any information that a user willingly makes public can be processed in any way

    No! NO!!!

    You may not process any personal data without a legal basis. It does not matter if public or not.

    Certain sensitive personal data may not be processed at all, even with a legal basis. Except in certain circumstances listed in Article 9.