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Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:12:55 +0100

FediTips@social.growyourown.services

The long-running Fedi server mstdn.social (not to be confused with mastodon.social 🙂 ) has just received a takedown request from the Russian government for hosting @Bellingcat, a news site which has long been critical of Putin:

https://mstdn.social/@stux/113652461647125214

Thankfully mstdn.social isn't in Russia so Putin has no power over it.

If anyone wants to turn this into a Streisand Effect kind of thing, you might want to follow @Bellingcat and slip a donation to @stux at https://mstdn.social/@stux/113623791580168625

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Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:22:51 +0100

Luna Lactea

jackemled@furry.engineer

@stux @FediTips @Bellingcat Please turn on registration approvals so spam bots can't sign up with your server to spam. I can't block all of them, there are too many, & I can't just block your server because there are actual cool people there who I would like to see posts from.

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:50:22 +0100

Lars

lars@fulda.social

@FediTips @Bellingcat

I wouldn't do anything about it. Russia blocks so much anyway, whether mstdn.social is accessible from Russia or not is obsolete anyway. Or is it?

@stux

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 16:00:16 +0100

Texas Technician

txtechnician@mastodon.social

@FediTips @Bellingcat @stux

Well, now that's a good indication the platform is now mainstream.

Good job 👍👏👏👏