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As of today, Brazil requires identity verification to use social media
- nine_zeros 6mo ago[dead]
- throwawayk7h 6mo agoWhat constitutes social media?
- eesmith 6mo agohttps://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2025/Lei/L15211.htm https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2025/Lei... > DAS REDES SOCIAIS > Art. 24. No âmbito de seus serviços, os provedores de produtos ou serviços direcionados a crianças e a adolescentes ou de acesso provável por eles deverão garantir que usuários ou contas de crianças e de adolescentes de até 16 (dezesseis) anos de idade estejam vinculados ao usuário ou à conta de um de seus responsáveis legais. So if I have it right, 'providers of products or services targeted at children and adolescents or likely access by them'.
- replooda 6mo agoAnd I've translated its definition of "likely access" here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47338260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47338260
- eesmith 6mo agoThanks! I think that means the Mastodon instance I'm on, with ~50 users (all adults, that I can tell) does not count, right? I remember the BBS days back in the 1980s when the BBS admin called you up to verify adult status.
- replooda 6mo agoHonestly, it's Brazil. Anything goes. Minister gets mad at Musk? Twitter is blocked, daily USD 10k fine for users circumventing the block. So, despite what you've just read, Canonical was included in their list of companies which need to comply. [0] In short, who knows. I'd say they might have a less dishonest case against Mastodon instances than Ubuntu, though. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387548
- matheusmoreira 6mo agoI long for the day AI replaces the entire brazilian judiciary.
- replooda 6mo agoHasn't it?
- matheusmoreira 6mo agoI wish. They're still getting paid kingly sums.