Bluesky shut down service in Mississippi in order to not comply with federal age verification requirementsand. Bluesky also calls for better regulation that is more friendly to corporations.
https://archive.ph/ToYsz#selection-697.21-697.32
To those who now celebrate the decentralized nature of the Fediverse: I would be interested how you navigate this issue? I'd agree that age verification has enormous downsides. Yet, how would you expect "good regulation" being enforced on Mastodon?