Saturday, August 23, 2025

Bluesky Blocks Mississippi over Age Verification Law

People in Mississippi can no longer use the social media platform Bluesky. The company announced Friday that it will be blocking all IP addresses within Mississippi for the foreseeable future in response to a recent US Supreme Court decision that allows the state to enforce strict age verification for social media platforms.

Posted by retort at 11:47 AM | 13 COMMENTS | permalink

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#1 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-23 11:51 AM

HAHA ---------.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-23 03:39 PM

I thought Bluesky was basically liberal truth social. So what now the 12 liberals in mississippi will be blocked? I'm sure everyone is broken up by it.

#3 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2025-08-23 05:23 PM

This is just the beginning of the Fascit's' plan to silrnce people to the left of Satan!

#4 | Posted by danni at 2025-08-23 06:18 PM

The rightwing war on porn is futile. Too much money involved in porn, and too many men happy to see it. Fact.

#5 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-08-24 02:01 AM

If you have to prove who you are to each and every website, then that means they can assemble your "performance", and both send you idiotic ads as well as, if so inclined, mess with you later when you are a candidate for public office and would rather people didn't know of your quite legal, but private, predilections.

#6 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-08-24 07:41 AM

Is Bluesky dependent on child signups?

#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-08-24 11:36 AM

Is Bluesky dependent on child signups?

I don't think more than any other social media company. It's either lazy, they don't want to do the work to put age verification systems in place, or performative like the porn companies that decided to close in all the states that required age verification. You will see that quietly after the big announcement many of them now just have age verification I imagine after a bit the social media companies will to.

#8 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2025-08-24 11:52 AM

Trying to verify age over the internet is a fools errand. Sure you can ask the question, require uses to enter their birth dates, etc. In the end, it can all be faked. Would the collection of that information be sufficient to address any and all liability claims if an underage user was able to access the site?

#9 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-08-24 04:36 PM

Trying to verify age over the internet is a fools errand. Sure you can ask the question, require uses to enter their birth dates, etc. In the end, it can all be faked. Would the collection of that information be sufficient to address any and all liability claims if an underage user was able to access the site?

#9 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-08-24 04:36 PM | Reply

It's an entire industry, that validates real world IDs. Incode, Plaid, Persona, Telesign, Microsoft Entra, iDenfy, ID.me, etc, etc..

#10 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-08-24 08:59 PM

I've been "verified" (not for social media) via the Internet.
It was with ID.me.
Had to have a webcam, had to send images of my two ids in, had to present the ids I sent in on cam next to my face. had to wait without any idea of how long it would take (20 minutes sitting waiting for someone to come on cam), etc.
The guy was pleasant, but the process was a royal pain in the ass.
They should have a checklist before you start and they should set expectations on how long it's going to take.

but to the point in #10 - FedUpWithPols is probably right for anything like social media verification.

I'd bet it depends on what you're being verified for.

#11 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-24 09:12 PM

Poor blew ski

#12 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-08-25 11:23 AM

The rightwing war on porn is futile.

Everyday is the news of another connected right winger caught trying to rape children, raping children or having images of children being raped on their phones and computer.

Every single day.

Wasn't Cancun Cruz caught on the Senate floor with pornhub on his phone?

#13 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-08-25 11:28 AM

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