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Bluesky Flags VP Vance as Impostor, Swiftly Restores and Verifies His Account

Bluesky says its automated moderation tools misidentified the vice president’s new profile as a fake account.

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the American Compass's The New World Gala in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
US Vice President JD Vance's Bluesky account was suspended
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Overview

  • Vice President JD Vance joined Bluesky on June 18 at 4:50 p.m. ET and saw his account suspended less than 20 minutes later.
  • A Bluesky spokesperson told Newsweek that its automated system flagged the profile due to patterns of impersonation attempts against public figures.
  • The platform reinstated Vance’s account within minutes and applied a verified badge to confirm its authenticity.
  • Vance’s first posts, which criticized transgender medical treatments for minors using Justice Thomas’s concurrence, ignited debate over content moderation and free speech.
  • Bluesky has grown rapidly as a decentralized alternative to X, with its user base tripling from 10 million to 30 million between November 2024 and May 2025.