As of today, Brazil requires identity verification to use social media

twitter.com

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What constitutes social media?

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'.

And I've translated its definition of "likely access" here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47338260

Thanks!

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.

Honestly, 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

I long for the day AI replaces the entire brazilian judiciary.

Hasn't it?

I wish. They're still getting paid kingly sums.

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