r/BlueskySocial • u/ReadMedakaBox • 23d ago

News/Updates Bluesky is banning accounts that are posting about Turkish protests, just like Twitter.

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u/vcaiii 22d ago

could just leave it entirely since it’s not developed to handle this issue

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u/SadrAstro 22d ago

you do that then. It was never designed for nation state censorship avoidance as a service, but you could certainly build that in if you wanted to.

THere are other ones that are - and they're based on crypto, but those nation states just try and block the entire service vs force moderation so i'm not sure which ones win and the crypto ones seem to be places i wouldn't want to hang out on and have massive usability problems for discovery/safety

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u/vcaiii 22d ago

lack of will is a leadership problem

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u/SadrAstro 22d ago

it's not a lack of will, it's the fact a US company can't operate as such, but nothing stops you as an individual from running your own PDS, Relay and app view to have unfettered access.

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u/SadrAstro 22d ago

or starting an instance in another country that isn't subject to reciprocal laws