The US state of Mississippi has an age verification law that requires social media platforms to identify the age of all users. Bluesky has refused and blocks users from connecting from Mississippi.
Here’s the Bluesky story https://www.myprivacy.blog/mississippis-age-verification-law-and-the-bluesky-standoff-a-critical-analysis/?ref=compliancehub.wiki
And how Mastodon instances are responding https://www.compliancehub.wiki/the-decentralized-resistance-how-mississippis-digital-id-law-met-its-match-with-mastodon/
Have anybody in the Nostr ecosystem considered this? Are clients doing KYC on users? Anyone blocking Mississippi?
nostr:nprofile1qqs8d3c64cayj8canmky0jap0c3fekjpzwsthdhx4cthd4my8c5u47spp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqna7ea3 interesting content, my view:
"Something about this feels eerily familiar 🤔 freedom wrapped in
the language of protection, when verification becomes surveillance and access turns into privilege, we stop being users, ... and
start being managed, the line between safety and control (isn't just thin) it's
😶DISAPPEARING 🔎
😟😓
...
nostr:nprofile1qqs8d3c64cayj8canmky0jap0c3fekjpzwsthdhx4cthd4my8c5u47spp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqna7ea3, are you pro KYC?"
