Time to back up, export, and leave if you're on mstdn.ca
https://ottawa.place/@stephanie/116267088513251309

If you can't see the above post, here's the CBC article about the person who owns and runs the server.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

Migration tips:
https://zeroes.ca/@StaceyCornelius/115967726861839689

Edit: These are allegations and there's a state of the instance coming up. I'd err on the side of caution and migrate early, or at least back everything up, because losing an account here kind of sucks.

Stéphanie (@[email protected])

If you're on mstdn.ca, I would save my list of follows/followers immediately and think about moving. The owner is getting sued for over 300K by his community league. I wouldn't bet on the instance surviving this latest thing 😞 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

ottawa.place

@mayintoronto

I hate to be "That Guy" but I would remind everyone that these are allegations in the form of a statement of claim, not a finding of fact in a court of law.

As far as I'm aware we do have a presumption of innocence in Canada.

Obviously the allegation is disturbing, but I will withhold my condemnation and won't be moving instances until such time as a finding of fact is made (or at least until we see some evidence to back up the claims).

As for "he's hosting it at home" as some kind of evidence of malice, there was a deliberate and public effort to get mstdn.ca off of "the cloud" and onto Canadian sovereign servers, so I feel like this is slandering someone with their good intentions.

I note, this is not a defence of his alleged actions, merely a reminder of our professed values.

@evdelen @javensbukan @mayintoronto That’s fair. I had only my 2nd account there and was planning on leaving for other reasons. This was just a reminder that I hadn’t yet.
I do understand people who only use this instance being concerned though. I probably would move too because I had instances shut down on me with minimal warning before.

@Bowreality @javensbukan @mayintoronto

As a donor, I have access to the State of the Instance tomorrow, based on what I hear I'll make my decision then.

@evdelen @Bowreality @javensbukan @mayintoronto Looks like the meeting is postponed.

@matthewguy @evdelen @javensbukan @mayintoronto @Bowreality
I got the email too. I guess the mailing list isn’t connected to account deletion. I deleted my account yesterday morning. Must be a manual update?

It might be that he wants to talk to his lawyer before and he can’t on a weekend. Not sure. Not sure that I care.
I had moved on months ago just hadn’t deleted my account yet. It was just a reminder it’s time to clean that up.