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   Bethany Black (bethanyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Apr-2024 21:28:49 JST Bethany Black

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   • Chris Jolly Holcomb

   @ReverendMoose I think if they had their own server and don’t let others sign up for accounts on it.

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     Chris Jolly Holcomb (reverendmoose@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Apr-2024 21:28:50 JST Chris Jolly Holcomb

     I don't think any governmental agency in the USA could host a public registration server on the Fediverse due to first amendment considerations. Perhaps more accurately they could but everyone would defederate due to moderation concerns.

     You'd probably have to have a system where the government provided everyone a single user instance, which sounds like a logistical nightmare.

     Not sure the Fediverse is designed for hundreds of millions of individual servers either, although maybe it is.