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      7 days ago

      Correct, I don’t really want 12-year-olds commenting here either. Do you? Genuine question

      Though Lemmy instances are largely public. You don’t need an account to view their contents. So that’s pretty different from Discord

      For the record, I do think the laws will apply to Lemmy instances

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          6 days ago

          Interesting. I think most users would assume they’re talking to other adults and might change their language or behavior if they thought they were conversing with children

          Age is anything but arbitrary from a law perspective. With these laws there is no expectation of privacy in regards to age. I’d argue there never was, it was just poorly enforced and got normalized