Any idea how this new law will affect instance operators?

neanderthal@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.world – 60 points – New Louisiana law will require kids under 16 get parent approval to access social media
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The US state of Louisiana requires social media companies to get parental permission for users under 16.

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3 things.

  1. Is there a minimum number of users for this to be effective? If so, just keeping you instance under that amou t should work.

  2. Can they really charge someone who is not running the instance for profit? The article states that the social media owner must take "commercially reasonable" action to verify users. Technically, nothing is commercially reasonable if you aren't running a Comercial business right?

  3. Related to 2. The article says "social media companies". Most instances aren't being ran by companies... So again this may be an out for those running instances.

From the Act:

  1. "Social media company" means a person or entity that provides a social media platform that has at least five million account holders worldwide and is an interactive computer service.

So it’s a nonissue.

Also, is there formatting on here? I just defaulted to my old habit of > for quote text.

Also, is there formatting on here? I just defaulted to my old habit of > for quote text.

Yeah, same markdown as Reddit

"Social media company" means a person or entity that provides a social media platform that has at least five million account holders worldwide and is an interactive computer service.

I think it's safe to say no single Lemmy or Mastodon instance will ever be covered by this particular bill.

If I ever run an instance, I'll just put a 'no persons from X region' in the sign up area.