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minus-square6nk06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up172arrow-down1·1 month ago will require identification and photo validation With all the privacy issues in the past few years, it’s “dead on arrival” as they say.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoAny for-profit company will have to comply with this, unfortunately.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoBut none of them ever asked me for a photo or ID.
minus-squareDarkcoffee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·1 month agoYup. It will fail spectacularly. Too bad cuz it could have legit beaten Xitter.
minus-squareRedstoneValley@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt will probably fail silently, if it doesn’t pick up enough momentum. * Sad failed platform noises *
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoIf distributing child pornography can’t get people off Xitter, nothing will.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoW formerly known as useless garbage nobody asked for.
With all the privacy issues in the past few years, it’s “dead on arrival” as they say.
Any for-profit company will have to comply with this, unfortunately.
But none of them ever asked me for a photo or ID.
Are you in the EU?
Yes of course.
Yup. It will fail spectacularly.
Too bad cuz it could have legit beaten Xitter.
It will probably fail silently, if it doesn’t pick up enough momentum. * Sad failed platform noises *
If distributing child pornography can’t get people off Xitter, nothing will.
W formerly known as useless garbage nobody asked for.