Ada
Well, that didn't take long. Though threads.net is not yet federating with the wider fediverse, they are currently home to several hate groups such as Libs of Tik Tok and their ilk. We will not federate with any instance that knowingly chooses to house hate speech, so a full defederation of threads.net has been made by blahaj.zone

#fediblock
Jul 7, 2023 at 12:48amWeb
Show threadTomelynJul 7, 2023
@ada
I agree with the decision and reasoning here.
Sad to see it, threads could have been handled much better.
Show threadNed YeungJul 11, 2023

@Tomelyn @ada

It could have been handled so much better in anybody else's hands.

But fret not, there are many instances in the world wide fediverse which are not owned by Meta, Zuckerberg, or any other multi-billionaire or multi-billionaire corporation.

Show threadctrl the gender goblinJul 7, 2023
@ada great news to hear ​​ (the defederation part, not the hate group ofc)
Show threadkomikymiJul 7, 2023
@ctrl unrelated but i love your pfp
Show threadctrl the gender goblinJul 7, 2023
@komikymi thanks :3

was a random picrew, pretty sure i lost the link though
Show threadJoYoJul 7, 2023
@ada they will never federate.
Show threadSkylar Caulfield Jul 7, 2023
@ada is mastodon.social planning to federate?
Show threadAdaJul 7, 2023
@skymtf I assume so, but only Eugen knows the answer to that
Show threadJonJul 7, 2023
As far as I know, Eugen hasn't said anything either way about .social, although he did say he sees Meta's adoption of ActivityPub as is a huge victory, and his blog post glossed over the privacy concerns, neither of which exactly inspires confidence.

Threads currently isn't available in the EU (due to privacy issues) so presumably not until that's sorted out. Then again Meta might well be working on some crafty plan involving friendly instances that would get around those pesky privacy regulators, so who knows.

@ada @skymtf
Show threadkira :3Jul 7, 2023
@ada i am disappointed but unsurprised to see them giving them a platform. It should be widely known that deeply fascist, violent groups will be testing any new platform for tolerance for what they do, but zucc loves fascists
Show threadJonJul 7, 2023
@ada thank you!!!!!!!!
Show threadJo (she/they)Jul 7, 2023
@ada Thank you.
Show threadDirk RitterJul 7, 2023

@ada Folks can argue Wall Street style over market share opportunities brought to the table by mighty #Metaverse and tech talk talk about individual choices all day long, but giving a home sweet home to hate speech was and still remains to be by far the predictably easiest way to justify a defederation to users who don't like all the other reasons we might give. 🥳

Told you so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 7, 2023
@ada
Show threadAGTMADCAT 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼🇵🇸Jul 8, 2023
@Loukas @ada Strictly by this meme, Bluesky is where it's at - I've never seen such a deluge of trans girl thirst traps lol.
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 8, 2023
@AGTMADCAT @ada that's the first positive thing I've heard about BlueSky in a while!
Show threadAGTMADCAT 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼🇵🇸Jul 8, 2023
@Loukas @ada Honestly it seems pleasant enough, definitely still finding its feet in terms of its permanent community feel.
Show threadThat Frisian Girl-ishJul 7, 2023
@ada Thank you for protecting the community here. Sure was a measured response to go silence first, but with what's brewing with evidence now, they have given robust reason to go further.
Show threadEd SandersJul 7, 2023
@ada so predictable. Think about being able to pay for the best level of moderation and not doing it. I would love to think it’s just incompetence, but that’s just a dodge for people who want that world, but can’t admit it (often to themselves).
Show threadProScience 🇪🇺Jul 7, 2023

@ada

👏 👍 👏

Show threadInfrogmationJul 7, 2023

@ada
Per this, looks like Threads has already taken action against "Libs of Tik Tok", though looks like they only removed posts rather than booting the whole account (?)

Slightly less odious than Twitter is a low bar, but looks like they're trying for it.

https://www.faithwire.com/2023/07/07/zuckerbergs-twitter-rival-threads-censors-popular-account-after-posting-non-binary-isnt-real/

Zuckerberg’s Twitter Rival Threads Censors Popular Account After Posting ‘Non-Binary Isn’t Real’

The popular social media account Libs of TikTok has already been censored on Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival for posting a […]

Faithwire
Show threadAssegaiaJul 7, 2023
@ada Will you adjust your stance, now that Meta has taken action against LibsofTikTok?
Show threadAdaJul 7, 2023
@assegaia Can you give me more information on that? This is the first I'm hearing of it
Show threadReina Jul 11, 2023
@assegaia @ada They were re-instated after requesting a review.
Show threadAssegaiaJul 11, 2023
@reina @ada Fuck Threads, Meta and Nazis for allowing them.
Show threadReina Jul 11, 2023
@assegaia @ada It kinda scares me how accepted these kinda accounts are by social media platforms. They'll pretend to be an inclusive workplace on their hiring websites but then at the same time protect hatespeech (or malicious speech if we want to be more precise I suppose)
Show threadAssegaiaJul 11, 2023
@reina @ada LibsofTikTok has a Wikipedia article declaring it a right wing extremist organization. This is not just some edgelord takes, to get such a stamp require substantial effort. Meta has absolutely no excuse.
Show threadGlimmer  Jul 7, 2023
@ada Thank you, Ada!
Show threadBruce G_NSJul 8, 2023
@ada I’d say I was surprised but they have no approval process or filters so the hate groups are going to swarm it for more exposure. I have hope they might moderate but I also have hope of winning the lotto - I think the latter more likely
Show threadNed YeungJul 11, 2023
@ada This.