Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per violation.

Bluesky will block access from Mississippi IP addresses in response to a new state law requiring age verification and ...

Bluesky admitted on official channels that it doesn't have the infrastructure or resources to build the systems Mississippi's ...

In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn't have the resources to make the substantial technical changes this type of law would require, and it raised ...

A US Supreme Court order permitting Mississippi’s social media age-verification law to be enforced has prompted Bluesky to ...

Bluesky, a social networking startup, has blocked its services in Mississippi in response to a new age assurance law requiring extensive user age verification.

But DMs on Bluesky are currently limited to one-to-one messages, not group messages. Bluesky has also said it is interested in implementing something similar to X’s Community Notes feature.

Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the idea.

Bluesky does comply with the UK's controversial Online Safety Act, which also requires internet services to verify user ages.