@BeAware @meesj @emanuelegori They also appear to be severely over-blocking (this doesn't seem proportionate for someone who claims to follow human rights standards).
It seems less like they're trying to pull from the fediverse, as much as they're targeting people on a few large instances (who are also likely to be the least savvy ones).
It also neutralizes the promise of decentralization by centralizing users on a few large instances (see, they are just like us).