Bluesky COO Rejects Idea Upstart Social App Is ‘Left-Leaning’

Bluesky, the upstart social network that has emerged as a rival to Elon Musk’s X, has seen a flood of new users since Donald Trump’s US election victory last month, leading some users to view it as politically left-leaning or anti-Musk.

Chief Operating Officer Rose Wang said that’s not the goal or motivation behind the network, which has added more than 10 million new US users since Nov. 5. “To say that it’s a US-centric, left-leaning app is not correct,” Wang said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Tuesday. “We’re also not building an app for one voice or ...