Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

@bsky.app And this is why real decentralization matters. There is nobody that can decide for the fediverse to block Mississippi.

@Gargron @bsky.app But aren’t I breaking Mississippi law if I host a Mastodon instance with no age verification that people in MS can access?

@jsit @bsky.app Technically, you're probably also breaking laws in Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea and so on. The question is, do you care? I'm not a lawyer, so I can't answer that for you specifically, but 10.000+ fediverse operators across the world get to make that decision for themselves.