Weighted Score:
30
Very low sovereignty due to US-controlled entity and US jurisdiction exposure.
Company name: Bluesky Social PBC
URL: https://bsky.app
eurotechguide review(s): Not reviewed
Digital services offered: Social media
| Criterion | Score | Short Assessment | Long Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOV-1 (strategic) | 1 | US-controlled entity. | Bluesky Social is a US Public Benefit Corporation headquartered in the United States (Seattle) and registered as a US entity. Under SOV-1, decisive authority is non-EU, so SEAL-1. |
| SOV-2 (legal) | 1 | US jurisdiction exposure. | US jurisdiction exposure applies; EU law may apply for EU users but does not insulate from US authority. → SEAL-1. |
| SOV-3 (data & AI) | 1 | No user crypto sovereignty. | Not designed around customer cryptographic control of content; centralized platform data and moderation pipelines. non-EU control dominates, with no EU-exclusive residency or customer-held key confinement intrinsic to the service under SOV-3. → SEAL-1 |
| SOV-4 (operational) | 1 | Non-EU operational control. | Continuity depends on a US-based company. EU actors cannot independently operate the service. → SEAL-1 |
| SOV-5 (supply chain) | 1 | Non-EU supply chain. | Platform depends on US-controlled infrastructure and global supply chain. → SEAL-1. |
| SOV-6 (technological) | 2 | Protocol openness, US control. | The AT Protocol has openness elements, but the service itself remains US-governed and users are locked into the platform’s governance choices. Technology openness helps a bit, but not enough for SEAL-3. → SEAL-2. |
| SOV-7 (security) | 1 | US security governance. | Security operations and incident response fall under US governing law and corporate control (Bluesky Social PBC). No EU-exclusive certification or sovereign security governance framework is evidenced. → SEAL-1 |
| SOV-8 (environmental) | 2 | Limited sustainability transparency | No meaningful public evidence of quantified sustainability reporting or environmental targets. → SEAL-2 |