Rabble @rabble.nz · 9d I’m in Berlin, Germany but Bluesky has decided I need to do KYC to comply with Texas laws. This social media future is both Kafkaesque and Orwellian.
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Easily avoidable by hosting your own PDS, fwiw. That’s ridiculous though.
hmm not sure why the IP address detection would be so wrong... @esb.lol any ideas what might be going on here? 🤔
I'm having the same experience in Bogotá, Colombia, bizarre. Turning on a NY VPN fixed it but ??
I would suggest to check which result you get when you go to this link and maybe update your location with GPS like mentioned in the dialog. ip.bsky.app/config
Use a VPN. I’d suggest Proton VPN
really hating the political landscape that allowed us to get here
That would be the point I'd abandon any social media INSTANTLY.
To avoid this use klearsky.pages.dev
Just use @mu.social - European. Somethings probably burned with your location settings or you’re using vpn setting it off, you should only get that if you’re in one of those states here in the U.S.
Why do people like you not support Mastodon and the Fediverse? It's great to hear that you're in Berlin. Are you givin a talk there?