<![CDATA[Here is your usual reminder to regularly back up your #Mastodon user data (from settings/export).]]>Here is your usual reminder to regularly back up your user data (from settings/export).

This is particularly important for users of European instance - because if the really makes age verification for social media mandatory, I suspect that a lot of admins will close their instances down rather than take on the legal risk.

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Thanks - that _is_ a genuine relief to hear.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/116418366565229175https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/116418366565229175Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:21:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Here is your usual reminder to regularly back up your #Mastodon user data (from settings/export). on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:17:20 GMT]]>@juergen_hubert
The verification is only planned for very large platforms (more than 45 Mio active users
https://gesetz-digitale-dienste.de/dsa/artikel-33/), right?

Not sure if there is any instance with that many ACTIVE users.

Please don't panic. Unless we do a verification for "the Internet"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hikingdude/statuses/116418349631563632https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hikingdude/statuses/116418349631563632Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:17:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Here is your usual reminder to regularly back up your #Mastodon user data (from settings/export). on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:47:07 GMT]]>@juergen_hubert ah I see the law works as intended: funnel data and power to the top

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116418230859519174https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116418230859519174Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:47:07 GMT