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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Io Dodds

What is Bluesky, the potential Twitter alternative being tested by former CEO Jack Dorsey?

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With auspicious timing, a small tech firm founded by Twitter's former chief executive Jack Dorsey has announced the launch of a new social network just as Elon Musk completes his $44 billion buyout of Twitter itself.

Bluesky, a public benefit corporation designed to build a new "open and decentralised" form of social media that is not controlled by any single company, said earlier this month that it will soon release a public test app called Bluesky Social.

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