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

mstdn.social/@stux/11365246164…

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 mstdn.social/@stux/11362379158…


Holy shit.

The Russian gov send in an abuse request for the @Bellingcat to be removed from mstdn.social :amaze:

I am not gonna comply, and have replied to Hetzner

No way I'm gonna let the evils of the gremlin dictate stuff on anything I host

UPDATE: Hetzner ignores their requests and we're in the clear: mstdn.social/@stux/11366257336…


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in reply to stux⚑

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.
in reply to Fedi.Tips πŸŽ„

I just started following @Bellingcat. If Putin is worried about it, it must be worth following it. Thanks for the tip!
in reply to Fedi.Tips πŸŽ„

OK, but Bellingcat is funded by NED (#CIA) and @stux censors everyone pointing this out. stux falsely accuses people of being Russian trolls spreading misinformation even though Bellingcat’s publicly available Annual Accounts reports clearly states NED funding.

You literally suggest people to follow a CIA connected account and donating to someone who doesn’t like this connection being brought up. I wonder why.

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