Sir Keir Starmer has mentioned he has “no plans” to affix the Bluesky social media platform.
There was a rising wave of recognition for the app – an alternative choice to Elon Musk’s X – in latest weeks.
Bluesky has at occasions been probably the most downloaded app on each the US and UK Apple Shops, with many social media customers leaving X within the wake of the US election.
However the prime minister informed reporters that “in the mean time” there are not any plans to determine official UK authorities accounts or a private one in his title.
Some politicians have already arrange Bluesky accounts together with former Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn and treasury minister Darren Jones.
Talking on the G20 summit in Brazil, Sir Keir mentioned it’s “necessary for a authorities” to have the ability to talk with “as many individuals as attainable”, including “we’re clearly nonetheless utilizing Twitter (X)”.
X doesn’t share its complete person numbers however it’s understood to be measured within the a whole bunch of tens of millions.
Bluesky was began by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in 2019. The platform introduced this week it had surpassed 19 million customers.
Regardless of serving to fund and begin it, Mr Dorsey is not a part of the staff behind the social community.
The important thing distinction between Bluesky and most different social media platforms is that it’s decentralised, that means it’s operated on unbiased servers and never these owned by the corporate.
It describes itself as “social media correctly” – a spot the place individuals can come collectively over shared pursuits “and have some enjoyable once more”.
Many new customers have mentioned their resolution to affix Bluesky was pushed by Elon Musk, who closely backed Donald Trump’s election marketing campaign and intends to stay concerned within the new administration.
Final week, the Guardian introduced it’ll not put up on X, saying the US election underlined its considerations that Musk had been ready to make use of X to “form political discourse”.
