We can set it up to be insulated from them though. For one thing, we should have instances with clear rules, an appeals process, and a final decision to be done by a trial of a jury of verified users or the like. To prevent the feds from getting their hooks into the enforcement, and or prevent moderator abuse, which is what drives half of the people to lemmy to begin with.

Idk about setting it up to not have to do age checks, other than setting instances in areas where they are not beholden to the authorities and disguising their own identities as administrators?