#Bluesky is no longer available to Mississippi residents.
#Mississippi’s HB 1126 requires platforms to introduce age verification for all users and get parental consent for anyone under 18. Penalties for noncompliance are up to $10,000 per user.
Sites have to collect and store sensitive information from all its users, in addition to the detailed tracking of minors. This is too much of a burden.
It is uncertain if the law applies to small self-hosted sites. The law only says it pertains to platforms that provide social interaction services.
Because of this, hear-me.social, feddit.online, and my-place.social will no longer permit registration or logins from IP addresses coming from Mississippi. Feddit.online already restricts traffic from both the UK and France due to similar laws that I cannot comply with, as NSFW communities can be accessed.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/22/bluesky-blocks-service-in-mississippi-over-age-assurance-law/
Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law | TechCrunch
In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn't have the resources to make the substantial technical changes this type of law would require, and it raised concerns about the law's broad scope and privacy implications.
techcrunch.com · TechCrunch
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Sarah Perez 💙@Sarahp@mastodon.social