Jerry on Mastodon#Bluesky is no longer available to Mississippi residents.
#Mississippi’s HB 1126 requires platforms to introduce age verification for all users and get parental consent for anyone under 18. Penalties for noncompliance are up to $10,000 per user.
Sites have to collect and store sensitive information from all its users, in addition to the detailed tracking of minors. This is too much of a burden.
It is uncertain if the law applies to small self-hosted sites. The law only says it pertains to platforms that provide social interaction services.
Because of this, hear-me.social, feddit.online, and my-place.social will no longer permit registration or logins from IP addresses coming from Mississippi. Feddit.online already restricts traffic from both the UK and France due to similar laws that I cannot comply with, as NSFW communities can be accessed.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/22/bluesky-blocks-service-in-mississippi-over-age-assurance-law/
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