Comment by Hobadee
14 hours ago
All arguments about age checks themselves aside, why can BlueSky implement age checks in the UK, but not Mississippi? Seems to me like the only difference would be Mississippi requiring everyone to log in, whereas currently I assume UK requires a login just for age-restricted material. (Although I don't use BlueSky in the UK, so shrugs)
Their wording had me imagining technological schemes that blind BlueSky from knowing but reading again I think what's going on is:
Mississippi: They track "underage" and "adult" UK: They track "unknown [treated as underage]" and "adult"
I'd prefer all businesses impacted by the draconian Brit legislation block the Brits geo completely.
The UK only requires verification for specific content. Not the entire site. Also, the identification and tracking requirements are very different.
Yes, they explained that the UK's regulations are less aggressive so it's possible to comply with them
They could based on group but you can get around that. Maybe they are concerned that a user using a VPN from Mississippi would cause them to break the law.