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When Meta launched their new Twitter competitor Threads on July 5, they said that it would be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol, Mastodon, and all the other decentralized social networks in the fediverse "soon".

But on July 14, @alexeheath of the Verge reported that Meta's saying ActivityPub integration's "a long way out". Hey wait a second. Make up your mind already!

From the perspective of the "free fediverse" that's not welcoming Meta, the new positioning that ActivityPub integration is "a long way out" is encouraging. OK, it's not as good as "when hell freezes over," but it's a heckuva lot better than "soon." In fact, I'd go so far as to say "a long way out" is a clear victory for the free fediverse's cause.

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[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Can you provide some evidence for your claim of US agents on staff for censorship purposes, as well as elaborate on which speech you believe is being removed?

99% of the time I see people upset about 'censorship' of online spaces, they're mad about far-right hate-speech or dangerous misinformation.

[-] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Well I'm not wikipedia here, just going on things I've read in past. You can either believe it or not believe it, suit yourself.

In the pre-internet days it was a well known fact that major media outlets in the USA had federal officials on staff to put the kibosh on issues of national security. That criteria has since broadened. For anyone that still watches news media on TV they can see for themselves the stories that never get past the editorial desk.

I've read claims of the same federal scrutiny happening for large social media outlets. These are USA companies operating in the USA so they fall under jurisdiction. They're certainly not going to advertise that's the case. I don't doubt this is happening for a second and in their own best interest they keep it on the downlow.

I'm not sure I understand the comment. You meant 99% of those complaining are posting hostile shit? If so, it's the 1% that post intelligent and legitimate counter arguments we need to allow a voice. It's not uncommon for legislation to push through under the guise of some public benefit that further erodes our civil liberty. As US citizens we need to be vigilant about that kind of thing or we're just throwing our freedom away.

[-] forrgott@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

So, nothing that any of us can research for ourselves? Odd. Well known facts shouldn't be hard to cite...

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well known facts from the pre-internet days, no less. You know, back when everything was recorded in physical books. Sadly all of those records have been lost. Tin foil hat sad face.

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