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Mississippi’s age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test
Bluesky says it would block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with the new age verification law.
The company that makes the Bluesky social app announced last week that it would block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with the new age verification law. But the law was written in a way that a Mastodon instance could seemingly become a target — as could a “message board,” “chat room,” “landing page,” “video channel,” or “main feed,” it states. Still, these workarounds aren’t necessarily permanent solutions, as the makers of the apps and clients have to decide for themselves whether they want to risk becoming a popular alternative for users in Mississippi that could catch legislators’ attention.
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