Bluesky pedophilia controversy
The Bluesky pedophilia controversy was a series of controversies in 2024, in which the online social network Bluesky was accused of being a "safe space" for "pedophiles" and child pornography. These claims intensified in late November, in the wake of Donald Trump's second election victory, when liberal and left-leaning users of Elon Musk's X.com (formerly Twitter) started leaving said site for Bluesky, a site more closely associated with Liberal political orthodoxy via its founder, Jack Dorsey. Liberal users of the network were accused by some media of sharing copious amounts of child pornography and then pushing zoophilia, polyamory and pedophilia as social identities.[1][2][3] A bizarre pizzagate-like conspiracy theory involving the childlove logo and that of Bluesky had previously circulated, appearing to go no further than the fact both logos represented butterflies.[4]
A gimmick account on X.com named Libs of Bluesky (in reference to the better known Libs of TikTok) was instrumental in scandalizing the venture in late November, sharing various material intended to represent the network as a hive of insane "wokery". While this included political meltdowns and influencers wearing diapers, the account posted up to 20 statuses referring to MAPs, who were building a community of roughly equivalent size to the 2021 Twitter MAP Community. One such status (misrepresenting what appeared to be a fake right wing troll account) gained 2.5M impressions,[5] and the series in total attracted around 5M.[6] Other targets included Mu,[7] and the administrator of NNIA via a "panda-eyes sock-puppet" he operated on Bluesky, and claimed to have successfully appealed the suspension of on two occasions during better times.[8]
Users of Reddit subsequently made the false claim that all MAP-related activity on Bluesky was a hoax perpetuated by right-wing trolls.[9] Numerous accounts referencing MAPs were then indiscriminately purged from Bluesky, regardless of whether or not they were hoaxes. Jim Burton and Brian Ribbon of Mu confirmed that the account they operated was followed by 200 MAPs and interacted with many tens of them at the point it was suspended.[10] Three accounts associated with Virtuous Pedophiles then appeared,[11] gaining around 400 followers, and accounts associated with MEDAL and Newgon also appeared. With moderation in panic-mode, the bulk of these were swiftly removed.
Previous claims Bluesky tolerated or failed to deal with child pornography
- Bluesky struggles to moderate child abuse material in Portuguese
- After a record run: Bluesky struggles with a wave of content complaints
References
- ↑ Leftist X Refugees Flood Bluesky with Complaints, Censorship Requests, and Child Pornography (Breitbart)
- ↑ Dems bolt X for Bluesky and it’s allegedly already full of pervs and pedos (Bizpacreview)
- ↑ Daily Caller: Re. polyamory
- ↑ Butterfly logo conspiracy theory
- ↑ Archive: Bob the Blue Wall Builder on Libs of Bluesky
- ↑ MU MAP Forum, documenting a list of X statuses and the Reddit threads that ensued
- ↑ Mu account at an earlier point
- ↑ Comrade Lecter: On successful appeal of suspension and subsequent third suspension
- ↑ Mu Verify: Mu and the MAP movement
- ↑ Personal communication via email, screenshots.
- ↑ Virped's account