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features stateside. The service will require users in South Dakota and Wyoming to verify their ages in order to access direct messaging and adult content on the site. The update comes after both states have enacted laws requiring online platforms that host "harmful" content to verify the ages of their users.
Bluesky's approach will mirror its actions in the UK, which also requires age checks following the passage of its Online Safety Act. The company has opted to use Epic Games' Kids Web Services to conduct the checks and users can choose between several methods,including face scans, ID scans or using a credit card. The service will still be available to people in the states that don't verify their age, but specific features will be restricted. In an update, the company said "we believe this approach currently strikes the right balance." Last month, the service opted to in the state of Mississippi rather than comply with a more restrictive age verification law that would have required it to block anyone whose age hadn't been confirmed."To implement this change, we would have had to invest substantial resources in a solution that we believe limits free speech and disproportionately harms smaller platforms," Bluesky explains. "We chose not to offer our service there at this time while legal challenges continue."have passed laws requiring some form of age verification to access adult content, and numerous others have similar legislation in the works. In its post, Bluesky notes that it expects more regulations in other states and countries in the near term.
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