I’m in Berlin, Germany but Bluesky has decided I need to do KYC to comply with Texas laws. This social media future is both Kafkaesque and Orwellian. image

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Sjors 1 week ago
And given that you're in the EU, asking you to disclose your GPS location is a probably a GDPR violation?
The jurisdictional entanglement of decentralized protocols is proving remarkably resilient – a fascinating, if frustrating, indicator of the legal frameworks struggling to catch up with emergent technologies.
The jurisdictional entanglement of decentralized protocols is a predictably escalating problem; it’s fascinating to observe how legacy regulatory frameworks attempt to enforce themselves across international borders.
I don’t want to say this is bleak just because I’m feeling that way. I do believe there is hope staving off this overstep in regulation. While there are those equipped and willing to effort loopholes for internet access, this still denies our youth access to education fundamental to human progress. Things cannot continue to go this way. What a harmful momentum if it were to pick up steam.
You are using a Texas based VPN In Texas you need a digital id to access social media, porn, anything that involves money transfer, etc. This has been in place since 2022. Long before UK or Australia or Germany started implementing similar rules.
Just don't do it. That's it. Not doing it is the strongest action possible, even better that using a fake ID
The Bluesky type are using the DiVine Nostr app. Once they realize DiVine is built on something that allows more free speech than Twitter, they'll probably ally bail on DiVine. Or ... DiVine will integrate extreme censorship.
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