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   Austin Huang ❤ (austin@mstdn.ca)'s status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 21:40:56 JST Austin Huang ❤

   Suji Yan has acquired #Pawoo, making him the largest owner of #Mastodon (and fediverse) instances. I suspect Pawoo changed hands for reasons similar to mstdn.jp and mastodon.cloud: to avoid #legal liabilities for not moderating enough (remember Pawoo's domain was briefly suspended in September? Also, the latter two were sold amid legislative efforts to combat #cyberbullying in #Japan ). This, be it recentralization or #moderation, should concern all #fediverse (especially #Japanese) users.

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     Austin Huang ❤ (austin@mstdn.ca)'s status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 21:41:02 JST Austin Huang ❤

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     • Carey Lening :blobcatverified:

     Many are either oversimplifying this as a funding issue or making blatant assumptions on that guy's character, while missing the main point: #instances have been sold (as in the case) or shut down (switter.at) on liability grounds. The #fediverse does not operate in a vacuum, and everyone must abide by all sorts of #law. @privacat has an excellent guide on GDPR for #mastoadmin, and I'm sure there are many other #legal aspects (esp. with handling speech) to consider.