Damus
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When you build a system that allows central control and censorship then the state will use those affordances if they feel the need. Bluesky’s blocked some Turkish accounts by order of the Turkish government.



The user DID keys are still active but their associated domain name / user names are not and the identities at blocked by bluesky’s moderation system that Turkish users can’t opt out of.

https://bsky.app/profile/nekorug.moe/post/3lmwgtwfggs2e

To escape this censorship you need to both use a Bluesky client that doesn’t opt in to the company’s obligatory moderation and also some relay and appviews which refuse to comply with Turkish censorship orders.
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Repeatedly nuked profile · 44w
This deer I think can pull directly from a PDS as a fallback for given instances, so no relay needed, but have to check on that. (Regardless it currently works when tested on VPN, while bsky.app does not.)
Evan · 44w
Use of any third party client gets around the mandatory use of the local moderation service.
An0myl0u5 · 44w
Well let's build a system that doesn't allow central control. Read my notes and replies please. Enter the forum and discuss the options and barriers.
jack · 44w
yeah, since their moderation is just a labeller that you can seemingly opt out of (although the official app collects your location to know what labels to apply) it's def interesting anyone could fork the app, or build their own client which juts doesn't listen to this.. but then i wonder if they'r...
shreyan · 44w
actually in this specific case you just need a third-party client (i.e. deer.social should do) cause it's just a labeller-applied block. relay and appview still have it
LeviJohnson.net · 44w
Centralization tells the government where to point the gun.
Juma Jim’s · 44w
🦋with 16B Funding be lyke: https://media.tenor.com/xzPcZsUdeesAAAAC/pardon-me.gif