I have to give Fortnite my passport to use Bluesky

Isn't Bluesky supposed to be decentralized?

How can some party lock you out of it?

"(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — A review of 20 top pornography websites ordered by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost revealed that only one is complying with Ohio’s recently enacted age-verification law."

https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/Octo...

These state required ID walls to use online services will eventually be required to access anything the internet.

The original title is "Why I have to give Fortnite my passport to use Bluesky". HN automatically removed "Why" from the title.

Okay, I skimmed the article and either I missed something or it's not answering the actual question in the title. I get the age verification thing, but why is "Fortnite" / Epic Games in the process for Bluesky?

> That information breach happened after the UK instituted sweeping new “child safety” laws to protect the kiddos. Because collecting and leaking your identity is surely going to keep them safe, right?

We don't even have to speculate with scare quotes anymore - the UK government has admitted that the purpose was not child safety, but controlling "public discourse": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314642

> Well, even if your data is safeguarded properly

Not very reassuring if it's the government itself you fear.