That led to an influx of copyright complaints, leaving Bluesky's slim moderation team to sift through which posts to keep and remove, said Aaron Rodericks, Bluesky's head of trust and safety, in an interview.
Rodericks said even as Bluesky has experienced growing pains, they're still not at the large scale seen on other major social media platforms.
Most major social media platforms report much higher rates of CSAM.
Disinformation researchers routinely identify account swarms, particularly pushing messages sympathetic to the Russian, Chinese and Iranian governments, on major social media platforms, although they rarely get significant traction.
"All social media platforms are used by adversaries," Lisa Kaplan, the CEO of Alethea, a company that tracks coordinated online messaging and propaganda campaigns, told NBC News.
Persons:
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Organizations:
GLAAD, NBC, National Center for, Meta, FBI, Independent Federated Trust & Safety
Locations:
Singal, U.S, China, Russia, Pakistan