Social media platform Bluesky raised its ban on registration of heads of state during the weekend. This means that multiple office holders can join the platform. Bluesky’s move comes ahead of important general elections scheduled for this year in countries including the United States and India.
Last year, during Bluesky’s invite-only period, the company stated that it did not allow heads of state to sign up and asked users to contact the startup before inviting prominent figures.
“We appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm in sending out invitations, but our current policy is that we cannot yet allow heads of state to join us in our beta. This also applies to recent or prominent heads of state,” the company stated at the time.
In particular, in February, the company opened the platform so that anyone could register for the service after remaining invite-only for almost a year.
Bluesky faced moderation challenges early in its lifespan and battled issues such as allow racial slurs on handles. Furthermore, users have continually pushed the platform to clamp down on hate speech.
Last December, Bluesky added moderation lists along with automated moderation tools. Last month he announced the ozone toolwhich allows users to create their own moderation and tagging services.
Now that the social network allows political bosses to join the platform, there could be new kinds of moderation problems it hasn’t yet faced. And you will have to be prepared for different possibilities.
Bluesky’s rival Threads has distanced itself from actively recommend political content. However, Bluesky users don’t have to rely on a central algorithm to view different types of political content, as they can subscribe to different feeds.