Mastodon filtering follower requests

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   Matt Tutt (matttutt@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2026 22:43:22 JST Matt Tutt

   I'm still fairly new to Mastodon but can someone explain - why do I have to approve follow requests from someone like this? Or from those from Gaza?

   With this account even after approving their follow request, when viewing their profile it was *all* hidden - I had to mark it as being "safe" to view. Something about being moderated by this server.

   Is there any kind of insight/visibility into what these moderators are filtering out, and why?