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Bluesky said it’s working to comply with European Union rules after the bloc accused the fast-growing social media platform of flouting its digital regulations.
The company is consulting with its lawyer to follow the EU’s information disclosure rules, a Bluesky spokesperson wrote Tuesday in an email.
Bluesky, which was started in 2019 as a decentralized version of Twitter, has exploded in popularity in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, as many X users have sought alternatives to the Elon Musk-owned platform.
The EU’s executive arm on Monday said Bluesky didn’t provide information it was required to share under the bloc’s Digital Services Act, which governs content on social media sites.
“All platforms in the EU have to have a dedicated page on their websites where it says how many user numbers they have in the EU and where they are legally established,” Thomas Regnier, the commission’s spokesperson on digital matters, told reporters. “This is not the case with Bluesky, so this is not followed.”
What is the purpose of needing to disclose their user count and legal residence? Does the DSA require any other disclosures?
Tax implications and legal entities. If a company doesn’t exist in a jurisdiction, how can it be met with justice when they do things that harm people?
It is an indicator for the influence that the entity has over a population. If I was governing the EU, I would want to know how much influence a media entity has over my citizens: good or ill.