2026-10-15T15:14:24.411719Z

The Fediverse is at risk by the EU KIDS ACT!

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/53166284

This law affects everyone, especially people in the EU and is an attempt to implement ID verification on: Video-sharing platforms, #AI chatbots, AI companions, games, software app stores and operating systems. mastodon.social/@madeindex/117285674482286098

We need to: #STOPEUKIDSACT NOW!

www.heise.de/en/background/Age-verification-in-the-Fediverse-How-the-KIDS-Act-challenges-Mastodon-11474306.html

2026-10-15T20:06:13.661467Z

minorkeys@minorkeys@sh.itjust.works

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Replying to @⁨madeindex@lemmy.world⁩

I feel all of this is to prepare for future legal enforcement of approved internet use. AI is destroying the internet we know and value because rich people want more power, as they do with everything they touch.

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2026-10-16T00:50:38.943667Z

DFX4509B@DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf

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Replying to @⁨minorkeys@sh.itjust.works⁩

And lead to state intranets only accessible by thin clients tied to your ID.

2026-10-16T01:16:20.558616Z

minorkeys@minorkeys@sh.itjust.works

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Replying to @⁨DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf⁩

Which is the end of the internet and a dissolution back into multiple closed networks, cutting us off from each other.