Holy crap, google is apparently taking down all/most fediverse apps from google play on the grounds that that some servers in the fediverse engage in hate speech. At least three apps I know of anyway and I'd imagine the others will follow soon under the exact same reasoning.} Seems to be the case with Husky, Fedilab, and "subway" tooter.
this is a scary precedent if google play is going to ban any apps that can in any way be used to access content with hate speech. So what about a forum client, do they take that down just because there is a forum somewhere on the internet posting hate speech?
This is particularly worrisome because for most people Google Play is the only way they understand to install apps at all.
Picture attached of one of the notices received by fedilab.
https://toot.fedilab.app/@fedilab/104761140268193772
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/104763960269049818
@fedilab @tateisu #fediverse #mastoadmin #freespeech #censorship
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@freemo I will share this as much as possible.
@zleap Please do, this is a big deal IMO
@freemo I struggle to write about stuff like this to be honest, I have put a draft up at
https://personaljournal.ca/kpnko2obtj
and linked to your post here and the discussion forum on ycombinator.
any help would be welcome. Unless I can copy part of your post in to my post and then link to the rest,
@zleap You are welcome to copy any of my post you'd like.
I'm the founder of QOTO and we have a few volunteer moderators too. Feel free to ask anything you need help with, or even just reach out to chat some time if youd like.
clicking the star is like. follow someone you go to their home page follow them.
Hope you will like hereπ
@FatherLot @zleap @freemo Welcome to the Fediverse β€οΈ
@FatherLot
Indeed, and welcome to QOTO. The article has actually brought in a few new users to QOTO.
@zleap