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Sharing updates about trust and safety on Bluesky. This account’s mentions are not actively monitored. To report a post or account, use the in-app reporting feature. Community Guidelines: bsky.social/about/support/community…

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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 02/09/2026
Dogpiling or harassing users is unacceptable. We have taken recent action against accounts for this behavior, and we will be increasing our efforts, consistent with our Community Guidelines.
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Community Guidelines - Bluesky
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 09/07/2026
We've been working to comply with a growing number of age assurance laws around the world. For more information on how we approach this work (and specific information regarding impacted regions) read our constantly-updated blog post. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky
We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 01/07/2026
Texas passed an age assurance law that requires Bluesky to verify the age of users. This law was paused by a judge and then unpaused by an appeals court, so we are preparing to comply. If you saw an age assurance notice today, that's why. Read about the law here: ccianet.org/news/2026/05...
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Appeals Court Pauses Injunction on Texas’ App Store Law that Likely Violates First Amendment - CCIA
Washington – A federal court agreed with the Texas Attorney General’s request to temporarily lift a block of the state’s controversial App Store
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 02/06/2026
We’ve received questions from users about recent changes to the way the app handles account-level moderation labels. The goal of these changes was to reduce accidental exposure of adult content to minors and those who opt out of this content in their personal moderation settings.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 27/05/2026
Since May 2025, we've removed 8,526 accounts tied to state-backed influence activity on Bluesky. 4,907 of those takedowns happened in 2026 alone, roughly double the rate we saw in 2025. 1/4 🧵
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 08/05/2026
Last year, Bluesky introduced a strike system to help enforce our Community Guidelines and bring greater precision and consistency to our moderation practices. Here’s how it works. 🧵
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 14/04/2026
We’re aware of a recent increase in automated spam and account compromises on @bsky.app. We’re actively removing violating content, banning violating users, and working to restore impacted accounts to their rightful owners.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 13/02/2026
Incident report: Earlier this week, our automated moderation system incorrectly labeled ~32,000 accounts as requiring moderator review. Here’s what happened, what we fixed, and the current status. 1/5
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 12/02/2026
An error caused a large number of accounts to be incorrectly "marked for review" by our automated system. This tool is normally used to rapidly respond to mass harassment and spam campaigns. We have removed the incorrect labels and will publish an incident report in the coming days.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 30/01/2026
In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25M to 42M users, we took actions to keep it welcoming, using proactive design to reduce toxic content by 79%.  Our 2025 Transparency Report shares how we're building a safer platform while keeping a transparent and human-centered approach: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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2025 Transparency Report Overview - Bluesky
In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25 million to 41 million users, we improved the trust and safety infrastructure to better enable our mission. Here's what that looks like in plain language.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 07/01/2026
If you want to change Bluesky’s default moderation settings, go to your moderation settings on the web - bsky.app/moderation. Apple limits adult-content controls inside iOS apps, so you won’t see those options on the iPhone app itself. 1/2
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 25/11/2025
We're announcing a new partnership with StopNCII.org to prevent non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) from spreading on Bluesky. While NCII hasn't been frequent on our platform, these incidents are devastating for victims and preventing them is a top safety priority. 1/4
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Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse | StopNCII.org
StopNCII.org is operated by the Revenge Porn Helpline which is part of SWGfL, a charity that believes that all should benefit from technology, free from harm.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 14/11/2025
🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐 We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10 🧵👇
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 12/11/2025
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 28/09/2025
In Ohio, starting on Monday 9/29, we'll be implementing an age assurance solution similar to what we're doing in South Dakota and Wyoming. Read more here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky
We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 20/09/2025
Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky
Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 10/09/2025
Glorifying violence or harm violates Bluesky’s Community Guidelines. We review reports and take action on content that celebrates harm against anyone. Violence has no place in healthy public discourse, and we’re committed to fostering healthy, open conversations
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 10/09/2025
Protecting young people online is a shared responsibility. Here’s how Bluesky is approaching new age assurance laws with pragmatism and flexibility. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky
We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 18/06/2025
We're launching a new safety feature to help protect you from malicious links shared in messages. This service will warn or block URLs to keep you safer on Bluesky. 1/4
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 30/05/2025
We deeply understand that people in Gaza and other crisis areas need platforms to share their experiences and seek support, and we’re committed to ensuring that they can be heard on Bluesky. 1/8
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 22/05/2025
We're excited that verification badges have made it easier to quickly recognize authentic accounts, especially in moments of breaking news. Now, we're expanding our roll-out. Notable and authentic accounts can apply for verification or to become a Trusted Verifier via the form linked in our blog.
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A New Form of Verification on Bluesky - Bluesky
We’re introducing a new layer of verification — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. Additionally, independent organizations can verify accounts directly through our Trusted Verifiers feat...
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 16/04/2025
Lists are a feature that allow users to create groups of accounts, for example, for curation. However, we’ve also seen lists be used for harassment.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 28/03/2025
1/6 We're seeing an uptick in scams pretending to be Bluesky or @aaron.bsky.team. These scammers are targeting artists via DMs, trying to take you off-app. Our moderation team is reviewing reports of these scammers and will take down their accounts. Here are some important reminders:
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 15/03/2025
Occasionally, groups on Bluesky will coordinate to mass report an account. This may lead our moderators to review the case more quickly, but mass reporting alone doesn’t lead to suspensions. Reports and user behavior are reviewed by moderators, not counted like votes.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 06/03/2025
Programming note: Bluesky’s moderation email is moderation@blueskyweb.xyz. Moderation emails sent from this domain are authentic. You can also use this email to submit more complex reports that don’t fit in the in-app reporting method.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 04/03/2025
We’ve invested in cutting down DM spam over the past week, so you should see fewer scammers and spammers in your inbox. Expect more improvements in this area as we build additional tooling. 1/2
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) @iwf.org.uk · 21/02/2025
@bsky.app joins the fight against child sexual abuse material by becoming a Member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). The move comes as the ‘insidious spread’ of child sexual abuse imagery reaches record levels across the internet. Read more: www.iwf.org.uk/news-media/n...
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Bluesky’s partnership with IWF enhances its ability to combat child sexual abuse imagery
The collaboration will grant the social media platform access to IWF’s world-leading tools and datasets for finding, blocking and removing sexual abuse content of children online.
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Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 10/02/2025
Ensuring user safety at scale takes massive resources. That’s why we’re excited to partner with ROOST—helping smaller orgs enhance safety, meet regulations, and compete. More safety, more competition, more user choice.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 17/01/2025
In 2024, Bluesky grew from 2.9M to 25.9M users. With this growth came anticipated challenges in scaling Trust & Safety, from adding workstreams to adapting to new harms. In our newly published 2024 Moderation Report, we share details on what the year looked like for our Trust & Safety team.
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Bluesky 2024 Moderation Report - Bluesky
Throughout 2024, our Trust & Safety team has worked to protect our growing userbase and uphold our community standards.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 13/12/2024
In the past month alone, over 12M people joined Bluesky, with daily active users growing 10x. We received more reports in two days than in all of last year, and have integrated new systems and quadrupled our moderation team to try and keep up. Sometimes, we have to work quickly to correct errors.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 29/11/2024
1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic. Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 26/11/2024
1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network. As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 16/11/2024
We're rolling out an update shortly to email verification to prevent harassment and trolling from throwaway accounts. New users may need to verify their account email before they can create a post. Thanks for your understanding!
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 15/11/2024
Another day at Bluesky, and it looks like growth is not slowing down! Welcome! We’d like to take a moment to share our stance on AI and user data:
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 15/11/2024
Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome! With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it:
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 01/11/2024
This has been a big year for elections globally, and we’re a few days away from the U.S. Presidential election. Here’s how our team, led by @aaron.bsky.team who previously led election integrity efforts at Twitter, is preparing:
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 18/09/2024
This is a big quarter for Trust and Safety here, as we work on a large number of improvements. Here’s a look at our projects in progress, including ban evasion and multi-account detection capabilities, toxicity and spam detection, sending feedback on moderation reports you submit, and more.
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Bluesky’s Current Efforts on Trust and Safety - Bluesky
This is a big quarter for Trust and Safety at Bluesky, as we work on a large number of improvements. Here’s a preview of everything that is in progress.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 28/08/2024
📢 1.90 is rolling out now (10/11) We’re publishing a series of blog posts on Trust & Safety efforts at Bluesky. The first in the series covers the features we’re releasing in this version. Read it here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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New Anti-Toxicity Features on Bluesky - Bluesky
Trust and Safety (T&S) affects everything — from community policy and spam detection, all the way to the order that replies show up on a post. At Bluesky, the product team works hand-in-hand with T&S ...
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 28/08/2024
📢 App Version 1.90 is rolling out now (1/11) This release is focused on personal moderation controls, and includes a lot of new tools for reducing unwanted attention! Open this thread for more details. 👀
Bluesky 1.90. New: list quotes on a post. New: New self-moderation tools. “Detach” quote posts. Control who can quote. Hide a reply. New: Timed mute words. Changed: Tuned the visibility of replies in Following.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 16/08/2024
In response to user feedback, we’ve shipped an update to starter packs on Bluesky. Now, you can remove yourself from a starter pack by blocking the creator. If you don't want to be part of a starter pack, block the user and you'll no longer appear on their list.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 26/06/2024
We also have two safety tooling improvements rolling out now in the latest release (1.87):
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 26/06/2024
Now you can use a starter pack to invite friends and colleagues to Bluesky! Some more details threaded 🧵
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 05/06/2024
In the latest app update, we added the ability to temporarily deactivate your account. This will hide your profile and posts but keep your handle reserved. Take a breather for as long as you need to! Read more about how account deactivation works on Bluesky: 🧵 /1
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 22/05/2024
Direct Messages (DMs) are now available on Bluesky! Learn more about the built-in safety features and how to use them 🧵:
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 08/04/2024
1/4 📸 We want to share an important update about image labeling on Bluesky. Every image posted is initially reviewed by an automated system that checks for adult content, graphic imagery, and more. The system then applies labels to flag sensitive content, which human moderators can review.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 12/03/2024
Bluesky is built to give users control over their social spaces online. Today, we’re open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets users collaboratively inspect and label content on the network. Later this week, we’re opening up the ability for users to run their own independent moderation services.
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Bluesky’s Stackable Approach to Moderation - Bluesky
Today, we’re open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets a team of moderators or curators collaboratively review reports, create labels, and inspect content on the atproto network. Later this week, we’re op...
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 28/02/2024
Today, we’re excited to announce Bluesky’s Head of Trust and Safety. Aaron Rodericks, who has over a decade of experience in defending platforms at global scale, is leading our moderation team in cultivating a healthy space for public conversation on Bluesky. Learn more:
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Bluesky announces Aaron Rodericks as Head of Trust and Safety
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Bluesky, the open social network, has appointed Aaron Rodericks as its new Head of Trust and Safety. Rodericks brings over a decade of...
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 16/01/2024
Safety is core to social media. Transparency is essential to building trust in moderation efforts, and the data we are providing here is a first step towards full transparency reports. We hope this provides some visibility, and we intend to deliver more granular data and reporting in the future.
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Bluesky 2023 Moderation Report
We have hired and trained a full-time team of moderators, launched and iterated on several community and individual moderation features, developed and refined policies both public and internal, design...
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 26/12/2023
Recap thread of some recently released features 🧵: • Thread reply controls • Logged-out Visibility • Hide posts
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 11/12/2023
📢 1.57 Logged-out visibility Next week the Bluesky app and website will enable logged-out viewing. If you dont want Bluesky to show your content, you can select this new option in the Moderation screen. Remember Bluesky is a public network. This setting only adds friction to seeing your posts. 3/4
A screenshot of Bluesky's side navigation. An arrow labeled "Go here" points at "Moderation"A screenshot of the "opt out" interface

Discourage apps from showing my account to logged-out users

Bluesky will not show your profile and posts to logged-out users. Other apps may not honor this request. This does not make your account private.

Note: Bluesky is an open and public network. This setting only limits the visibility of your content on the Bluesky app and website, and other apps may not respect this setting. Your content may still be shown to logged-out users by other apps and websites.
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