![Screenshot of a Bluesky post from @bsky.app from 8/24/25 that reads: "Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this <br />law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours."](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/074/663/137/239/140/original/856e4b8cbbf6f810.png "Screenshot of a Bluesky post from @bsky.app from 8/24/25 that reads: "Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this <br />law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours."")
This is catastrophic.
We are living in a fascist nation, friends. Please adjust all your settings accordingly and join the groups in your local are that are fighting it.
This new law specifically hurts the Mississippi Free Press - please sign up for their newsletter and send them some money if you believe in independent journalism in Trump's fascist US.
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