Föderation EN Mo 16.12.2024 21:33:09
Is Bluesky 'obeying in advance'?
The #Bluesky Jesse Singal controversy took an interesting turn this weekend. Two articles one in Advocate (https://www.advocate.com/business/bluesky-jesse-singal) and another in TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/bluesky-is-at-a-crossroads-as-users-petition-to-ban-jesse-singal-over-anti-trans-views-harassment/) suggest the refusal to ban the anti-trans podcaster may be due to fear of regulatory action.
"...this decision could put the social media company at risk with the FCC since Brendan Carr, Trump’s pick... plans to go after tech companies he thinks are censoring right-wing voices." 👀
Föderation EN Mo 16.12.2024 22:20:44
What is very instructive is to contrast this case with another social media thing that happened this weekend. On Saturday the Russian gov sent @stux an abuse request that one of the accounts on mstdn.social be removed.
Stux immediately published the notice (https://mstdn.social/@stux/113652461647125214) making very very clear his intent to defy it. When his hosting company backed him up, he published that (https://mstdn.social/@stux/113662573364116275). And now he is trolling the Russians (https://mstdn.social/@stux/113663848550211035).
A profile in courage!
Föderation EN Mo 16.12.2024 22:31:56
You might say; yes but mstdn.social is based in the Netherlands with servers in Europe, while #Bluesky is a US company with its servers in the the US. It's not the same thing. And, the answer is that you are exactly right.
On the day after the election @Gargron posted (https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/113435032790351172): "I think it's going to be more important than ever that #Mastodon and the #fediverse are not centrally operated out of the US unlike almost every other social media platform out there."
Case in point.
