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 rather than bear the costs of compliance.

The Supreme Court's recent decision leaves us facing a hard reality: comply with Mississippi's age assurance law—and make every Mississippi Bluesky user hand over sensitive personal information and undergo age checks to access the site—or risk massive fines. The law would also require us to identify and track which users are children, unlike our approach in other regions. We think this law creates challenges that

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