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

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

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

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

Bluesky goes dark in Mississippi after the Supreme Court rules to enforce strict age verification for all social media users in the US state.

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

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

Because the US state requires social networks to check the age of all users, Bluesky is withdrawing from them. The debate ...

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

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

Bluesky pointed out that Mississippi's law was particularly burdensome and was worrying in terms of its privacy implications.

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 ...