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Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississippi IPs

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295 points AndrewDucker | 3 comments | 27 Aug 25 20:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.63s | source
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mostlysimilar ◴[27 Aug 25 21:20 UTC] No.45045443[source]▶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walker_Montgomery_Protecti...

> However, it doesn't apply to news sources, online games or the content that is be made is by the service itself or is an application website.

What is an "application website"? I can't seem to find how they're defining that.

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1. kube-system ◴[27 Aug 25 21:31 UTC] No.45045545[source]▶
The law mentions that it does not apply to job application websites.

https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-45/chapter-38...

That's probably what the wikipedia author meant to say

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2. throwmeaway222 ◴[27 Aug 25 21:46 UTC] No.45045714[source]▶
so does that mean all of linkedin is exempt?

does that also mean that all social media platforms will start a small jobs board?

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3. kube-system ◴[27 Aug 25 21:57 UTC] No.45045832[source]▶
Yes to your first question, and no to the second question... the law says it must "primarily function" in that respect.

Putting a small jobs board on instagram would not make instagram "primarily function" as a job application website. LinkedIn is primarily a professional networking website - it qualifies.