Electronic Frontier FoundationJul 31, 2023
Thinking of hosting your own social media? While new projects like the fediverse make it possible, you'll want to consider some of the legal risks involved. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer
User Generated Content and the Fediverse: A Legal Primer

A growing number of people are experimenting with federated alternatives to social media like Mastodon, either by joining an “instance” hosted by someone else or creating their own instance by running the free, open-source software on a server they control. (See more about this movement and joining...

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Show threadElectronic Frontier FoundationJul 31, 2023
The privacy of users on Kolektiva.social was compromised when one of the server’s admins had their home raided by the FBI for unrelated charges. Here’s how to protect yourself, and your users, in the fediverse. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their
FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users

We’re in an exciting time for users who want to take back control from major platforms like Twitter and Facebook. However, this new environment comes with challenges and risks for user privacy, so we need to get it right and make sure networks like the Fediverse and Bluesky are mindful of past...

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@eff ...please remember that sometimes certain people will be doing illegal other aspects in their life's and computers can be dangerous when others are using access to others information also...
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