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

It's only the latest instance of the state's centuries-long effort to make life difficult for "outside influences." ...

The age verification law added Mississippi to a list of Republican-led states where similar legal challenges are playing out.

The ban follows an affirmation of a controversial age verification law in the state, which is already starting to impact regional newsrooms.

The social media platform Bluesky is blocking users from Mississippi rather than comply with the state's age verification law ...

Social media app says Mississippi’s HB 1126 law has serious free speech and privacy implications ...

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

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

Social media age law demands surveillance lawmakers (probably) didn’t think through Social notworking outfit, Bluesky has cut ...

Decentralized social app Bluesky has opted to shut down access in Mississippi, as a result of the state’s recently updated user age requirements, which Bluesky says will be impossible for it to abide ...

Selfies, government IDs and AI are all being used by companies in an effort to adhere to new laws and regulations aimed at ...