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> encourage more people to use the fediverse If this passes, they'll expand it to internet access in general.
by commandlinefan 4y ago
> encourage more people to use the fediverse
If this passes, they'll expand it to internet access in general.
- kornhole 4y agoThat would be nearly impossible to implement and enforce with many thousands of instances.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago> with many thousands of instances They're not claiming that governments will tell everyone running a Mastodon instance to check ID, but instead that they'll tell every ISP to check ID. In such a world, your cable modem may not work if your ISP doesn't know who you are.
- morkalork 4y agoThey won't have to enforce it on thousands. Just make an example of a few poor saps within the country and most will shut down. And the US loves to make examples out of people. Just look at how people were charged and given hysterically ridiculous sentences in the war on drugs.