But how about a non-state actor example? Let's say I'm just a ML enthusiast and decide to run my own #Bluesky Labeler. Maybe I run a pretty good service, and lots of people on the network start relying on it for moderation. And maybe I'm also a big 'ol TERF, and adjust the Labeler so that accounts by people whose profiles identify them as trans get mislabeled into frequently moderated categories. AFAICT, the only safeguard against this is… marketplace dynamics.
#Bluesky is pretty clear about the market-oriented direction of how they're structuring the network: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/3-30-2023-algorithmic-choice In effect, they're offloading a lot of responsibility onto "consumer choice." But these are consumer choices about services that are, to a large extent, black boxes. Unless the BGS, Labelers, App Views and Feed Gens are radically transparent about how they handle data, you have to choose based on little more than how you feel about your timeline.