Some Mississippi lawmakers are defending the state’s new age verification law after a social media app cut off Mississippians ...

Mississippians can no longer access the Bluesky app after the social media platform blocked access to users in the state.

People in Mississippi no longer have access to Bluesky — one of the primary alternatives to Elon Musk 's X — because of ...

Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per violation.

In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn't have the resources to make the ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Mississippi to enforce a state law that requires the nation’s largest social media ...

The Supreme Court has refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media ...

At least 12 other states have enacted similar age verification laws, hoping to protect children from online harms ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the law would “likely” violate the First Amendment rights of social media companies.

Bluesky does comply with the UK's controversial Online Safety Act, which also requires internet services to verify user ages.