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   Security Writer :donor: (securitywriter@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Mar-2026 04:26:32 JST Security Writer :donor:

   • Scary Jerry 👻

   @jerry just thinking through the inevitable nightmares inbound from UK, EU, and US age verification requirements for social media, where does this land us on Infosec.exchange?

   Early days I know, but curious on your thoughts.

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     Scary Jerry 👻 (jerry@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Mar-2026 04:26:32 JST Scary Jerry 👻

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     @SecurityWriter it’s hard to say. Outside of the U.K., most country laws place limits of applicability so that they are really focused on larger platforms. We don’t have a U.K. presence and it seems very unlikely we will pop on their radar.

     Mastodon recently added a requirement to add your age on signup and lets admins set a minimum age, but that’s basically cosmetic. I don’t see a future where we can do anything more that that. If it becomes too legally perilous to continue, I and likely most all other operators will close shop. I love yall, but I’m not sitting in jail to protest a policy that I have no hope of changing.

     Anyhow, things like this have happened every few months for the now 9 years I’ve been running the place and it’s never once been an issue.