diff --git a/keyserver/src/fetchers/policy-acknowledgment-fetchers.js b/keyserver/src/fetchers/policy-acknowledgment-fetchers.js
index 50840c6ba..c9d02361d 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/fetchers/policy-acknowledgment-fetchers.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/fetchers/policy-acknowledgment-fetchers.js
@@ -1,38 +1,53 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { PolicyType } from 'lib/facts/policies.js';
 import { type UserPolicyConfirmationType } from 'lib/types/policy-types.js';
 
 import { dbQuery, SQL } from '../database/database.js';
 
 async function fetchPolicyAcknowledgments(
   userID: string,
   policies: $ReadOnlyArray<PolicyType>,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<UserPolicyConfirmationType>> {
   const query = SQL`
     SELECT policy, confirmed
     FROM policy_acknowledgments
     WHERE user=${userID}
       AND policy IN (${policies})
   `;
   const [data] = await dbQuery(query);
   return data;
 }
 
 async function fetchNotAcknowledgedPolicies(
   userID: string,
   policies: $ReadOnlyArray<PolicyType>,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PolicyType>> {
   const viewerAcknowledgments = await fetchPolicyAcknowledgments(
     userID,
     policies,
   );
   return policies.filter(policy => {
     const policyAcknowledgment = viewerAcknowledgments.find(
       viewerAcknowledgment => viewerAcknowledgment.policy === policy,
     );
     return !policyAcknowledgment?.confirmed;
   });
 }
 
-export { fetchPolicyAcknowledgments, fetchNotAcknowledgedPolicies };
+async function hasAnyNotAcknowledgedPolicies(
+  userID: string,
+  policies: $ReadOnlyArray<PolicyType>,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const notAcknowledgedPolicies = await fetchNotAcknowledgedPolicies(
+    userID,
+    policies,
+  );
+  return !!notAcknowledgedPolicies.length;
+}
+
+export {
+  fetchPolicyAcknowledgments,
+  fetchNotAcknowledgedPolicies,
+  hasAnyNotAcknowledgedPolicies,
+};
diff --git a/keyserver/src/responders/website-responders.js b/keyserver/src/responders/website-responders.js
index 3b47a06d9..de893ff6e 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/responders/website-responders.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/responders/website-responders.js
@@ -1,360 +1,402 @@
 // @flow
 
 import html from 'common-tags/lib/html';
 import type { $Response, $Request } from 'express';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import _keyBy from 'lodash/fp/keyBy';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 
+import { baseLegalPolicies } from 'lib/facts/policies.js';
 import { daysToEntriesFromEntryInfos } from 'lib/reducers/entry-reducer';
 import { freshMessageStore } from 'lib/reducers/message-reducer';
 import { mostRecentlyReadThread } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors';
 import { mostRecentMessageTimestamp } from 'lib/shared/message-utils';
 import {
   threadHasPermission,
   threadIsPending,
   parsePendingThreadID,
   createPendingThread,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
 import { defaultWebEnabledApps } from 'lib/types/enabled-apps';
 import { defaultCalendarFilters } from 'lib/types/filter-types';
 import { defaultNumberPerThread } from 'lib/types/message-types';
 import { defaultEnabledReports } from 'lib/types/report-types';
 import { defaultConnectionInfo } from 'lib/types/socket-types';
 import { threadPermissions, threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 import { currentDateInTimeZone } from 'lib/utils/date-utils';
 import { ServerError } from 'lib/utils/errors';
 import { promiseAll } from 'lib/utils/promises';
 import getTitle from 'web/title/getTitle';
 import { navInfoFromURL } from 'web/url-utils';
 
 import { fetchEntryInfos } from '../fetchers/entry-fetchers';
 import { fetchMessageInfos } from '../fetchers/message-fetchers';
+import { hasAnyNotAcknowledgedPolicies } from '../fetchers/policy-acknowledgment-fetchers.js';
 import { fetchThreadInfos } from '../fetchers/thread-fetchers';
 import {
   fetchCurrentUserInfo,
   fetchKnownUserInfos,
 } from '../fetchers/user-fetchers';
 import { setNewSession } from '../session/cookies';
 import { Viewer } from '../session/viewer';
 import { streamJSON, waitForStream } from '../utils/json-stream';
 import { getAppURLFactsFromRequestURL } from '../utils/urls';
 
 const { renderToNodeStream } = ReactDOMServer;
 
 const access = promisify(fs.access);
 const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile);
 
 const googleFontsURL =
   'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600&display=swap';
 const localFontsURL = 'fonts/local-fonts.css';
 async function getFontsURL() {
   try {
     await access(localFontsURL);
     return localFontsURL;
   } catch {
     return googleFontsURL;
   }
 }
 
 type AssetInfo = { jsURL: string, fontsURL: string, cssInclude: string };
 let assetInfo: ?AssetInfo = null;
 async function getAssetInfo() {
   if (assetInfo) {
     return assetInfo;
   }
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
     const fontsURL = await getFontsURL();
     assetInfo = {
       jsURL: 'http://localhost:8080/dev.build.js',
       fontsURL,
       cssInclude: '',
     };
     return assetInfo;
   }
   try {
     const assetsString = await readFile('../web/dist/assets.json', 'utf8');
     const assets = JSON.parse(assetsString);
     assetInfo = {
       jsURL: `compiled/${assets.browser.js}`,
       fontsURL: googleFontsURL,
       cssInclude: html`
         <link
           rel="stylesheet"
           type="text/css"
           href="compiled/${assets.browser.css}"
         />
       `,
     };
     return assetInfo;
   } catch {
     throw new Error(
       'Could not load assets.json for web build. ' +
         'Did you forget to run `yarn dev` in the web folder?',
     );
   }
 }
 
 let webpackCompiledRootComponent: ?React.ComponentType<{}> = null;
 async function getWebpackCompiledRootComponentForSSR() {
   if (webpackCompiledRootComponent) {
     return webpackCompiledRootComponent;
   }
   try {
     // $FlowFixMe web/dist doesn't always exist
     const webpackBuild = await import('web/dist/app.build.cjs');
     webpackCompiledRootComponent = webpackBuild.default.default;
     return webpackCompiledRootComponent;
   } catch {
     throw new Error(
       'Could not load app.build.cjs. ' +
         'Did you forget to run `yarn dev` in the web folder?',
     );
   }
 }
 
 async function websiteResponder(
   viewer: Viewer,
   req: $Request,
   res: $Response,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const appURLFacts = getAppURLFactsFromRequestURL(req.originalUrl);
   const { basePath, baseDomain } = appURLFacts;
   const baseURL = basePath.replace(/\/$/, '');
   const baseHref = baseDomain + baseURL;
 
   const loadingPromise = getWebpackCompiledRootComponentForSSR();
+  const hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise = hasAnyNotAcknowledgedPolicies(
+    viewer.id,
+    baseLegalPolicies,
+  );
 
   let initialNavInfo;
   try {
     initialNavInfo = navInfoFromURL(req.url, {
       now: currentDateInTimeZone(viewer.timeZone),
     });
   } catch (e) {
     throw new ServerError(e.message);
   }
 
   const calendarQuery = {
     startDate: initialNavInfo.startDate,
     endDate: initialNavInfo.endDate,
     filters: defaultCalendarFilters,
   };
   const messageSelectionCriteria = { joinedThreads: true };
   const initialTime = Date.now();
 
   const assetInfoPromise = getAssetInfo();
   const threadInfoPromise = fetchThreadInfos(viewer);
   const messageInfoPromise = fetchMessageInfos(
     viewer,
     messageSelectionCriteria,
     defaultNumberPerThread,
   );
   const entryInfoPromise = fetchEntryInfos(viewer, [calendarQuery]);
   const currentUserInfoPromise = fetchCurrentUserInfo(viewer);
   const userInfoPromise = fetchKnownUserInfos(viewer);
 
   const sessionIDPromise = (async () => {
     if (viewer.loggedIn) {
       await setNewSession(viewer, calendarQuery, initialTime);
     }
     return viewer.sessionID;
   })();
 
   const threadStorePromise = (async () => {
-    const { threadInfos } = await threadInfoPromise;
-    return { threadInfos };
+    const [{ threadInfos }, hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies] = await Promise.all([
+      threadInfoPromise,
+      hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise,
+    ]);
+    return { threadInfos: hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies ? {} : threadInfos };
   })();
   const messageStorePromise = (async () => {
     const [
       { threadInfos },
       { rawMessageInfos, truncationStatuses },
-    ] = await Promise.all([threadInfoPromise, messageInfoPromise]);
+      hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies,
+    ] = await Promise.all([
+      threadInfoPromise,
+      messageInfoPromise,
+      hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise,
+    ]);
+    if (hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies) {
+      return {
+        messages: {},
+        threads: {},
+        local: {},
+        currentAsOf: 0,
+      };
+    }
     const { messageStore: freshStore } = freshMessageStore(
       rawMessageInfos,
       truncationStatuses,
       mostRecentMessageTimestamp(rawMessageInfos, initialTime),
       threadInfos,
     );
     return freshStore;
   })();
   const entryStorePromise = (async () => {
-    const { rawEntryInfos } = await entryInfoPromise;
+    const [{ rawEntryInfos }, hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies] = await Promise.all([
+      entryInfoPromise,
+      hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise,
+    ]);
+    if (hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies) {
+      return {
+        entryInfos: {},
+        daysToEntries: {},
+        lastUserInteractionCalendar: 0,
+      };
+    }
     return {
       entryInfos: _keyBy('id')(rawEntryInfos),
       daysToEntries: daysToEntriesFromEntryInfos(rawEntryInfos),
       lastUserInteractionCalendar: initialTime,
     };
   })();
   const userStorePromise = (async () => {
-    const userInfos = await userInfoPromise;
-    return { userInfos, inconsistencyReports: [] };
+    const [userInfos, hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies] = await Promise.all([
+      userInfoPromise,
+      hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise,
+    ]);
+    return {
+      userInfos: hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies ? {} : userInfos,
+      inconsistencyReports: [],
+    };
   })();
 
   const navInfoPromise = (async () => {
     const [
       { threadInfos },
       messageStore,
       currentUserInfo,
       userStore,
     ] = await Promise.all([
       threadInfoPromise,
       messageStorePromise,
       currentUserInfoPromise,
       userStorePromise,
     ]);
     const finalNavInfo = initialNavInfo;
 
     const requestedActiveChatThreadID = finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID;
     if (
       requestedActiveChatThreadID &&
       !threadIsPending(requestedActiveChatThreadID) &&
       !threadHasPermission(
         threadInfos[requestedActiveChatThreadID],
         threadPermissions.VISIBLE,
       )
     ) {
       finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID = null;
     }
 
     if (!finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID) {
       const mostRecentThread = mostRecentlyReadThread(
         messageStore,
         threadInfos,
       );
       if (mostRecentThread) {
         finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID = mostRecentThread;
       }
     }
 
     if (
       finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID &&
       threadIsPending(finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID) &&
       finalNavInfo.pendingThread?.id !== finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID
     ) {
       const pendingThreadData = parsePendingThreadID(
         finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID,
       );
       if (
         pendingThreadData &&
         pendingThreadData.threadType !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR &&
         currentUserInfo.id
       ) {
         const { userInfos } = userStore;
         const members = pendingThreadData.memberIDs
           .map(id => userInfos[id])
           .filter(Boolean);
         const newPendingThread = createPendingThread({
           viewerID: currentUserInfo.id,
           threadType: pendingThreadData.threadType,
           members,
         });
         finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID = newPendingThread.id;
         finalNavInfo.pendingThread = newPendingThread;
       }
     }
 
     return finalNavInfo;
   })();
+  const currentAsOfPromise = (async () => {
+    const hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies = await hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise;
+    return hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies ? 0 : initialTime;
+  })();
 
   const { jsURL, fontsURL, cssInclude } = await assetInfoPromise;
 
   // prettier-ignore
   res.write(html`
     <!DOCTYPE html>
     <html lang="en">
       <head>
         <meta charset="utf-8" />
         <title>${getTitle(0)}</title>
         <base href="${basePath}" />
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="${fontsURL}" />
         ${cssInclude}
         <link
           rel="apple-touch-icon"
           sizes="180x180"
           href="apple-touch-icon.png"
         />
         <link
           rel="icon"
           type="image/png"
           sizes="32x32"
           href="favicon-32x32.png"
         />
         <link
           rel="icon"
           type="image/png"
           sizes="16x16"
           href="favicon-16x16.png"
         />
         <link rel="manifest" href="site.webmanifest" />
         <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Comm" />
         <meta name="application-name" content="Comm" />
         <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#b91d47" />
         <meta name="theme-color" content="#b91d47" />
       </head>
       <body>
         <div id="react-root">
   `);
 
   const Loading = await loadingPromise;
   const reactStream = renderToNodeStream(<Loading />);
   reactStream.pipe(res, { end: false });
 
   await waitForStream(reactStream);
   res.write(html`
     </div>
     <script>
       var preloadedState =
   `);
 
   const initialReduxState = await promiseAll({
     navInfo: navInfoPromise,
     deviceID: null,
     currentUserInfo: currentUserInfoPromise,
     draftStore: { drafts: {} },
     sessionID: sessionIDPromise,
     entryStore: entryStorePromise,
     threadStore: threadStorePromise,
     userStore: userStorePromise,
     messageStore: messageStorePromise,
-    updatesCurrentAsOf: initialTime,
+    updatesCurrentAsOf: currentAsOfPromise,
     loadingStatuses: {},
     calendarFilters: defaultCalendarFilters,
     // We can use paths local to the <base href> on web
     urlPrefix: '',
     windowDimensions: { width: 0, height: 0 },
     baseHref,
     connection: {
       ...defaultConnectionInfo('web', viewer.timeZone),
       actualizedCalendarQuery: calendarQuery,
     },
     watchedThreadIDs: [],
     lifecycleState: 'active',
     enabledApps: defaultWebEnabledApps,
     reportStore: {
       enabledReports: defaultEnabledReports,
       queuedReports: [],
     },
     nextLocalID: 0,
     cookie: undefined,
     deviceToken: undefined,
     dataLoaded: viewer.loggedIn,
     windowActive: true,
     userPolicies: {},
     _persist: null,
   });
   const jsonStream = streamJSON(res, initialReduxState);
 
   await waitForStream(jsonStream);
   res.end(html`
     ;
           var baseURL = "${baseURL}";
         </script>
         <script src="${jsURL}"></script>
       </body>
     </html>
   `);
 }
 
 export { websiteResponder };