News Summary

• Mississippi’s HB 1126 requires platforms to introduce age verification for all users before they can access social networks like Bluesky.
• The company notes that the potential penalties for noncompliance are hefty, too — up to $10,000 per user.
• Bluesky also stresses that the law goes beyond child safety, as intended, and would create “significant barriers that limit free speech and disproportionately harm smaller platforms and emerging technologies,” it said.
• The decision only applies to the Bluesky app built on the AT Protocol.