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Bluesky eyes politicians after ‘quite the influx’ of UK accounts
Chiefs at social media site Bluesky have suggested they are eyeing politicians for their platform after X owner Elon Musk’s commentary on UK current affairs.
In an exchange with Labour backbencher Antonia Bance (Tipton and Wednesbury) about verification, Bluesky’s head of trust and safety Aaron Rodericks wrote on the website: “We are checking through higher profile MPs and journalists to ensure that there aren’t any impersonators due to the influx of UK accounts.” Bluesky spun out of Twitter, now known as X, after its chief executive Jack Dorsey announced in 2019 the giant would fund developers to create an “open and decentralised standard for social media”. Keir Starmer has refused to be drawn into a spat with the world’s richest man, who used the hashtag #TwoTierKeir, a reference to allegations the authorities have treated some protesters in the UK more harshly than others, promoted false claims that the Prime Minister had considered setting up detainment camps in the Falkland Islands to imprison rioters, and suggested “civil war is inevitable”.
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