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Rage bait, or a line being drawn? The excuse that it's just for certain type content, only some features will be limited, etc. sounds like "it's just a little bit of Orwell, why you so mad bro?" Let the free market sort it out, if most people are fine with limitations (and future additions to those) then so be it. There are alternatives right now, so make a choice.
The UK government is forcing them and all other web services to do the same. UK-hosted Mastodon servers may coast under the radar for awhile, but they'll come for them eventually.
Rather than getting mad at Bluesky for implementing government-mandated age verification, how about actually getting mad at the UK government?
A lot of us are and have protested for years. The previous gvmt didn't care and the current one don't either because its not really about kids, its about control and surveillance. The ruling political class want to know what its citizens are up to and/or want us to know they can id us any time, especially those of us who are noisy about political issues.
Our right to protest is just about gone, including the right to wear masks. We are legally obliged to provide pins to our phones when detained and we can be arrested if a protest is deemed obstructive - which includes being too noisy. We can even be arrested just for discussing holding a protest of some kind.
At the same time, we are told that vocally supporting non-violent groups is now terrorism and can be punishable with prison time.
And the vast majority of the UK population sit on their collective arses moaning about immigrants and watching Love Island. They don't care - genuinely, they absolutely do not care their rights are disappearing one by one.
Required to use our fingerprints/faces, and PINs at border, but not PINs at e.g. protests right? Or is this a thing where within 1000(?) miles of the border is close enough?
https://www.pcdsolicitors.co.uk/advice-news/latest-news/do-i-have-to-provide-my-phone-password-to-the-police/