The question of what to do about journa.host is hard. @jerry took a long hard look. Really happy with the result here. I hope others feel the same. https://blog.infosec.exchange/2022/11/20/an-update-on-journa-host/

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An update on Journa.host

The fediverse instance Journa.host, which was created to cater to current and retired journalists, faced some serious challenges over the past few days. One of their members posted a link to an art…

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@paco @jerry Yes!

I would only like to observe that "free speech" doesn't necessarily imply "the freedom to use hate speech", like some billionaires (and, at least in Italy, a certain brand of politicised relegiousness) would like us all to believe. Just like democracy doesn't have to tolerate totalitarian organisations that would like to overthrow it.

As such, it isn't necessarily accurate to say that infosec.exchange is not a free speech instance, as long as the only limit is on hate speech.

@roccobarbi @paco @jerry this is exactly right. You can’t got hating on people then claim free speech.