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Bluesky blocks Mississippi over its age verification law

Bluesky blocks Mississippi over its age verification law

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Aug 23, 2025
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Bluesky, a decentralized-ish Twitter clone for people who liked Twitter before Elon Musk turned it into a Nazi bar, is no longer accessible in Mississippi. The state's "age verification" law–a mass-surveillance program posed as "think of the children" safety regulation (previously)–went live and Bluesky has chosen to suspend service there rat…

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