Bluesky Users Soared After Blocking X In Brazil

Bluesky logo display (photo: Bluesky)

JAKARTA - After the Brazilian Supreme Court ordered all internet service providers to block access to X, Brazilians turned to alternative Bluesky platforms.

As a result of the policy, in the past week Bluesky company said that its platform users had increased to 2.6 million people, of which the majority of users came from Brazil.

Amazing week! In recent days, Bluesky has grown by more than 2.6 million users, more than 85 percent of whom are Brazilians. Welcome, we are very happy you are here," the company wrote on its latest blog.

Earlier, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered blocking access to X, as Elon Musk's social media platform was accused of spreading disinformation.

Moraes also ordered Apple and Google to remove X from their app stores and people caught using VPN to access the website will be fined $8,900.

Since then, Brazilians have switched to the Bluesky platform. Although Bluesky isn't as strong as X or Twitter, they recently leaked that its next major app update will be equipped with a video feature, which can help keep its new users.

"Now may be a good time to announce that our next major app update will have a video. More details soon," the company wrote.