Are services like Lemmy, Mastodon or PeerTube KYC’d in the UK?

Sorry to be a doomer, but if so, then the Fediverse has failed and we should just move on with a decentralized web that uses decentralized backends: Nostr, Odysee/LBRY, etc.

Maybe the threat model of the Fediverse was incomplete. It isn’t just Big Tech who is threat, but also regulation by Big Government.

  • silverpill@mitra.social
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    2 months ago

    Fediverse is very good at censorship resistance, much better than alternatives.
    If internet is restricted in your country, use a VPN. If you’re an admin, move your server to a different country.

    If internet is not restricted, then there is nothing to worry about.

    @fediverse

    • gasull@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 months ago

      If you need a VPN to access it, then the Fediverse isn’t censorship-resistant. The VPN is. Even more, the Fediverse instance is geoblocking/censoring you.

      Examples of services that geoblock you or KYC you:

      • Reddit
      • YouTube
      • Fediverse instances

      Examples of services that don’t geoblock/KYC you:

      • Tor
      • Nostr
      • IPFS
      • I2P
      • VPNs
  • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    The nice thing about the fediverse being open source is that if an instance or the developers required this the solution work be to fork. I predict an new migration to lemmy if reddit starts requiring ID.

  • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The Fediverse is decentralized, a law cannot affect all of Mastodon, Lemmy, or Peertube.

    There are hundreds of servers in different parts of the world. Choose one you like.