Two years after the start, the Bluesky Social Network reviews the Community guidelines and other policiesand asking for comments from its users on some of the changes. Starting, a competitor of X, Threads and Open Networks such as Mastodon, says its new policies are intended to provide improved clarity and more details about users’ security processes and the appeal process.
Many of the changes are led by new worldwide regulations, including the United Kingdom (OSA), the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and the US that take under the act.
Some of the changes represent an attempt by Bluesky to deliberately shape his community and behavior of its users, pushing them to be better and more respectful of others. This comes after a number of media complaints and articles suggesting that the community has a tendency to self -existence, Sharing of bad young people; lack of humor and thought of thinking.
For regulatory compliance, Bluesky’s service terms It has been informed to comply with the laws and regulations on internet security and to require the age of age required. For example, in July, online law on the UK’s security began to require adult content platforms to apply age verification, which means Bluesky users in the country You either have to scan their face, upload their ID or enter a payment card to use the site.
The process for complaints and appeals is also more detailed.
A remarkable update reports an “informal dispute resolution process”, where Bluesky agrees to talk on the phone with a user about their difference before any formal dispute is performed. “We believe most differences can be resolved informally”, bluesky notes.
This is quite different from what happens on larger social networks, such as Facebook and Instagram, where users are banned without understanding what they did wrong and no way to get in touch with the company to protest.
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Bluesky also says he will allow users to resolve certain claims in court instead of arbitration. This is also somewhat unusual for technology companies that often I prefer to mediate disagreements outside the courts.
However, Bluesky users may be more interested in the proposed changes in Community instructions invited Offer comments for. (Changes are in force on October 15, 2025, after the feedback period is completed.)
These revised guidelines are organized around four principles: Security first, respect others, be authentic and follow the rules. These general principles are intended to guide the Bluesky moderation decisions around whether the content must be marked or deducted, whether the company may suspend or prohibit your account or, in some cases, report to you in the enforcement of the law.
Bluesky rules include many common sense policies about non -promotion of violence or damage (including self -injury and animal abuse). Do not publish content that is illegal or sexually sexually (including the role-play). Do not allow harmful actions such as Doxxing and the other non -consensual distribution of personal data. and not post unwanted or malicious contents, among others.
It removes the provisions on journalism, parody and satire. For example, journalists dealing with “real reference” can publish about criminal acts and violence, mental health, internet safety and other issues, such as warnings of online viral challenges that may be harmful.
Where Bluesky can get into the problem is with the shades of what is considered a “threat”, “damage” or “abuse”.
Politics says users should “respect others” by not publishing, promoting or encouraging “hate, harassment or intimidation”. For example, politics prohibits deeply exploiting and “stimulating discrimination or hatred”, which means positions that attack people or groups based on “race, nationality, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or other protected characteristics”.
This is an area where Bluesky has previously receded, when, in previous days, his moderation decisions were stretched with the black community and in other case, when his failure to mitigate the trans community.
More recently, the company has faced reactions that has been done very leftwhere users rushed to criticize, Post Hate answersand where the community in general There was no humor.
The original idea behind the bluesky was to provide users tools for creating the community they want, including not only blocking and reference tools, but also things like bloc lists or moderation services that are aligned with your values. However, Bluesky users have still shown a preference for the application itself to handle much of the moderation, railing against The confidence and security department when he made decisions he disagreed with.
In addition, bluesky’s Privacy and Intellectual property policy They were also rewritten to comply with global laws about users’ rights, data transfer, maintenance and deletion, abolition procedures, transparency reports and much more. These are both in force on September 15, 2025 and there is no feedback.
