Post AtBJNscwk58hSWRQDA by Setok@attractive.space
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 (DIR) Post #AtAyQBLO1iGz39U4tU by cwebber@social.coop
       2025-04-17T06:48:12Z
       
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       Did Bluesky have to censor Turkish political commenters?Of course they did. Any centralized social network works this way and has this vulnerability.They will have to do it with your political posts too, when the US starts asking them to do it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtAyQCTDq48QXk9qkK by ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social
       2025-04-17T06:52:53Z
       
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       @cwebber Arguably if they aren't concerned about business interests in Turkey, and at the worst case... don't plan to have any staff ever visit Turkey where they could be arrested... they certainly don't *have* to.But it certainly feels like they got a very eager head start into obeying authoritarians way earlier than they likely would be truly compelled to in any meaningful way.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtAyQDh5I0okL1eQzY by cwebber@social.coop
       2025-04-17T06:57:52Z
       
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       @ocdtrekkie It's probably true that they didn't have to here. Though then the main instance would be blocked in Turkey.They certainly will have to if it comes to a "western" government telling them to. It's the trajectory space of the self-imposed design constraints they have.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtAyQUJbUZ8Vt7nQFk by cwebber@social.coop
       2025-04-17T06:48:59Z
       
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       Note I did not say "if"I said "when"
       
 (DIR) Post #AtAyQUUaphvWRCwCNk by cwebber@social.coop
       2025-04-17T06:58:43Z
       
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       I also said this on Bluesky :P https://bsky.app/profile/dustyweb.bsky.social/post/3lmyj6fk5hs2i
       
 (DIR) Post #AtBHyGCuLkiB6kTvTU by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2025-04-17T11:51:08Z
       
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       @cwebber why haven't the tech press who normally cover this space written anything on this? is it time to tag them?
       
 (DIR) Post #AtBJNscwk58hSWRQDA by Setok@attractive.space
       2025-04-17T07:52:12Z
       
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       @cwebber in fairness, a Mastodon instance could be treated exactly the same way by the Turkish government. Federated instances offer some protection (as they might not comply, but then get blocked) but it’s not perfect either, especially if an account is on a big instance. To go beyond that you’d need something more P2P, like Nostr.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtBJNtNjw6ZNneKn9E by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2025-04-17T12:06:53Z
       
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       @Setok @cwebber realistically the only problem is the big instances. we have to further decentralize.