Damus
jb55 · 168w
How do you stop bad actors from putting up a website? Who decides who’s a bad actor? Nostr relies on p2p reputation instead of top-down moderation.
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Makes sense.
But governments around the world block access to online content for a variety of reasons: to shield children from obscene content, to prevent access to copyright-infringing material or confusingly named domains, or to protect national security.

Can these and probably others factors be used to block access to Nostr?
Dank Memes · 168w
Nope. It can't be stopped
PocketCow · 168w
They would have to ban all relays, which is trivial for individuals to spin up. They could try going after clients/apps, but many are open-source and can be run locally on your computer. There's no one person or company to go after.
nobody · 168w
It's also protected free speech. Nostr is just a standard for how to communicate information in a commonly understood message format. EFF and ACLU would be all over it if they tried to ban Nostr.
Azz · 168w
Yes, but it's the relay that should be blocked. Blocking nostr would be like blocking the internet.