Bluesky blocks Mississippi due to its new age verification law

Users with Mississippi IP addresses can no longer access the Bluesky app. The decentralized social media network has explained in a post that Mississippi’s new age verification law for social networks “would fundamentally change” how it operates, and it wouldn’t be possible to comply with its small team and limited resources.

Bluesky says that while it does follow the UK’s Online Safety Act, it works very differently from Mississippi’s approach to age verification. In the UK, it’s only required to check for a user’s age

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