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Re:Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law by platevoltage on Saturday August 23, 2025 @02:22AM (#44993713)
And surprise surprise, it's in the name of "protecting children", the same thing red blooded Americans have been falling for for decades.
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Re:Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law by fuzzfactor on Saturday August 23, 2025 @04:24AM (#44994331)
Some people would say "this is exactly why we can't have good things".
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Re:Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law by terminalshort on Saturday August 23, 2025 @07:35AM (#44995215)
Who is failing to protect them from what?
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Re:Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law by JumpCrisscross on Saturday August 23, 2025 @02:30PM (#44998018)
> Who is failing to protect them from what?

Social media from itself. The frank answer is apps like Bluesky and Twitter should be age gated like cigarettes.

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Re:Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law by platevoltage on Saturday August 23, 2025 @02:36PM (#44998063)
How do you age gate a website like a you would a physical item thats sold at a store?
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Re:Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law by beefnugs on Sunday August 24, 2025 @04:47PM (#45007623)
This is what they want, no more free journalism/reporting means bringing back child labor
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