Post AwT8SFfyRX5IhVPaF6 by fireborn@dragonscave.space
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 (DIR) Post #AwT8SDI9J8q3J2FWpU by fireborn@dragonscave.space
       2025-07-24T19:39:58Z
       
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       @ipg Hm. I didn't think it effected most mastodon instances because they wouldn't be big enough? If so, then fedi just became unviable for UK users entirely.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwT8SEX4h8N79cExjU by light@noc.social
       2025-07-24T19:55:23Z
       
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       @fireborn @ipg I would just use Tor or a free VPN to bypass it.Instances could even start hosting hidden services for anonymity networks such as Tor and I2P.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwT8SFfyRX5IhVPaF6 by fireborn@dragonscave.space
       2025-07-24T19:56:12Z
       
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       @light @ipg I'm trying to understand how this effects us as instance admins, what steps we need to take, etc.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwT8SGYZAYklQoxBKq by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
       2025-07-24T20:05:50.607506Z
       
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       @fireborn @light @ipg Find all posts on your instance containing the word "colour" and start removing the accounts of these post's authors :marseytroublemaker:
       
 (DIR) Post #AwTJJx64jbN8G3riPw by light@noc.social
       2025-07-24T19:58:11Z
       
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       @fireborn @ipg I think the best option is to start trying to get everyone to federate over Tor/I2P as UK instances might have to hide their IP addresses.I have heard some instances already do.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwTJJyH6M5mnuY22F6 by fireborn@dragonscave.space
       2025-07-24T20:02:58Z
       
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       @light @ipg What about instances not hosted in the UK, but can be accessed by UK users (most of them). I think that's where the confusion is.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwTJJzFiiiH8wYORjE by light@noc.social
       2025-07-24T20:38:50Z
       
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       @fireborn @ipg They ought to still be able to federate with instances hosted in the UK, wouldn't you say? For example, hosted on a server in the closet of a UK user.As for simply accessing a non-UK server from the UK, A VPN or Tor should be sufficient.What do you think?
       
 (DIR) Post #AwTJK0ARJpe5mSvk8W by fireborn@dragonscave.space
       2025-07-24T20:40:03Z
       
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       @light @ipg I suppose, but from an instance admin prospective. If I host my server outside the UK, I must block UK IP addresses from accessing the service, yeah?
       
 (DIR) Post #AwTJK0hPLG17QiM4WW by light@noc.social
       2025-07-24T20:44:11Z
       
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       @fireborn @ipg I mean, if you do that but aren't a UK citizen, the most the UK government can do is force British ISPs and/or DNS resolvers to block it, which amounts to the same thing, so why obey in advance?Obligatory IANAL