Bluesky Addresses Impersonation Issues

This is a news story, published by Engadget, that relates primarily to Bluesky's news.

social media news

For more social media news, you can click here:

more social media news

Engadget news

For more news from Engadget, you can click here:

more news from Engadget

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best tech news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like social media news, you might also like this article about

aggressive impersonation policy

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest impersonation news, Bluesky news, social media news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

identity churning

Engadget

•

Bluesky's latest update addresses an important verification problem

Summary

Nutrition label

74% Informative

Bluesky has rolled out an update that fixes a problem that could lead to impersonation on the social network.

The social network has been trying to fix its verification issues, which became a problem after the service welcomed an influx of new users in recent months .

44 percent of Bluesky's 100 most-followed accounts have a doppelganger.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech