A Bluesky spokesperson said the network "returns meaningful choice and ownership to each individual user, instead of a single CEO."

Jay Graber’s got jokes. As the Bluesky CEO took the stage for her SXSW keynote on Monday, she wore a black T-shirt with black lettering across the chest, which declared, Mundus sine caesaribus. Or, “a world without Caesars.

Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions of internet users in China, according to a whistleblower complaint.

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms is facing fresh scrutiny after a whistleblower accused the company of using extreme measures to censor content and quash political dissent in a bid to gain access to the Chinese market.

Meta (NASDAQ:META) was willing to censor political content and shut down political dissent in a failed attempt to enter the lucrative Chinese market, The Washington Post reported Sunday, citing a whistleblower complaint by a former global policy director at the company.