--- title: "Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands" url: https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-issues-its-first-transparency-report-noting-rise-in-user-reports-and-legal-demands-kx5effr6e source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/bluesky-issues-its-first-transparency-report-noting-rise-in-user-reports-and-legal-demands/ type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-01-30T17:31:32.380Z updated: 2026-01-30T17:33:17.053Z tags: ["social-media"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bluesky published its first comprehensive transparency report covering 2025, revealing 60% user growth to 41.2 million accounts and 1.41 billion posts. User moderation reports increased 54% to 9.97 million, with spam and harassment as top categories. The platform removed 2.44 million items and applied 16.49 million content labels. Legal requests from government agencies jumped fivefold to 1,470. The report also covered automated moderation systems, influence operation takedowns, and a 79% decline in anti-social behavior reports after implementing visibility controls for toxic replies. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Bluesky announces moderation changes focused on better tracking, improved transparency](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-announces-moderation-changes-focused-on-better-tracking-improved-transparency-bpo57cyvq) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces ‘dislikes’ beta](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-hits-40-million-users-introduces-dislikes-beta-rjwfgkqwq) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bluesky teases 2026 roadmap: a better Discover feed, real-time features and more](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-teases-2026-roadmap-a-better-discover-feed-real-time-features-and-more-3u8c5691x) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-issues-its-first-transparency-report-noting-rise-in-user-reports-and-legal-demands-kx5effr6e)