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The leader of the UK’s Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has announced that he currently has no plans to join Bluesky, the decentralised social media platform started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Bluesky has been experiencing a surge in popularity recently with many social media users leaving Elon Musk’s X platform in the aftermath of the US election. It has even at times been the most downloaded app on both the US and UK Apple Stores.
Despite some politicians, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and treasury minister Darren Jones, setting up Bluesky accounts for themselves, Sir Keir indicated that there are no plans for official UK government accounts or for a personal account under his name. However, he did stress the importance of governmental communication with as many people as possible, adding that Twitter is still being used.
Bluesky, which describes itself as “social media as it should be”, has recently announced that it has surpassed 19 million users. Unlike most social media platforms, it operates on independent servers, rather than those owned by the company. Mr Dorsey, who helped fund and start Bluesky, is no longer part of its team.
Despite its growing popularity, no official total user numbers have been disclosed by X, which is thought to have several hundred million. The UK’s Guardian newspaper recently announced that it would no longer be posting on X, citing concerns that it had been used by Musk to influence political discourse.
Overall, while Bluesky’s decentralisation may make it an increasingly attractive option for social media users, Sir Keir’s apparent reluctance to commit to it may reflect concerns that the platform could be used for political purposes
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