Mississippi HB 1126 (Social Media)

Mississippi, United StatesMS HB 1126Updated February 3, 2026

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  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Became Law

In force; Fifth Circuit ruling pending

Requires age verification and parental consent to use social media, now in force after the Supreme Court declined to block it.

Latest update

Supreme Court allowed the law to take effect

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Key facts

Where
Mississippi, United States
Bill number
MS HB 1126
Status
Law
Threat
High
Last update
February 3, 2026

Topics

Age VerificationDigital IDCensorship

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What it does

Mississippi HB 1126 makes social media platforms verify the age of users in the state and get parental consent for minors. In practice every user proves their age, which means an ID or a face scan to open or keep an account.

What’s at stake

This pushes age checks from adult sites onto mainstream social media, the everyday places people speak, and ties an account to a verified identity.

Our take

Once you have to prove who you are to post, anonymous speech is gone for everyone, not just minors. The Supreme Court letting this take effect signals the age-verification wave spreading from pornography to ordinary platforms.

Timeline

  1. Supreme Court allowed the law to take effectLatest

  2. Signed into Mississippi law

The record

Sponsor

Mississippi Legislature

Votes

  • House: Final passage (121 to 0), March 12, 2024
  • Senate: Final passage (49 to 0), April 8, 2024

Legal challenges

NetChoice v. Fitch

Law enforceable since Aug 2025; Fifth Circuit reheard argument Feb 2026, ruling pending