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The question is prompted by the age verification app that the EU has just presented.

Some EU countries want to ban social media for young people. If that were to happen, what then?

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[–] rsolva@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The DSA isn't a one size fits all. It uses a tiered system where the most intense rules—like mandatory age verification—are aimed at the Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs). The law was clearly designed with Big Tech monoliths in mind, so it doesn't really fit the decentralized nature of the Fediverse. Small instances largely gets a free pass; the focus is on targeting the platforms that actually have the scale to cause systemic risk. I think the limit is drawn at 45 million users. No instance in the EU will (hopefully) become that big!

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

And the winner for first slipper Nipple post is you.

yeah a different law or amended law could be different, it could punish posting by death, let's stick to the actual law being proposed