What Fediverse software can we expect to implement ID/age verification to cozy up to tyrannical governments?
- Mastodon feels like the free bingo slot here but I could be wrong.
But I fully expect any instance that's fine with state-sponsored policing of 'misinformation' to eventually fold.
That's when they'll start using all the complying instances as a justification for harsher measures against independent instances.
I think the time of free speech on the clearnet has come to a close and over time the last few vestiges will be routed out.
The Internet no longer interprets censorship as damage.
I'm in the process of deciding how much I care about hanging on to a clearnet internet presence.