Oddbean

Twitter wasn’t banned because it was Twitter it was banned because the company wasn’t following local laws. Were those laws legit? That’s another question. If Bluesky responds to legal and law enforcement requests it’ll be allowed. I’m not saying it’s good to respond. In a past life I ran a network of websites which constantly was getting police attention, Indymedia.org, and we had the EFF represent us. We moved servers and domain name registration between countries on a regular basis to keep us from having to comply with government attempts at restricting speech. Until ATproto works as an open network, Bluesky will be more like Twitter in terms of governance than Nostr which is more like BitTorrent.

Hopefully those trying to live their lives and run their businesses through socials can find the freedom they deserve. Windows of acceptance shift and the everyday people become the pawns in the match. Protocols for the win but we already know that. 🫂

it actually did follow our laws by not obeying moraes who was himself breaking the laws. brazilian law expressly prohibits accounts' banning since 2016. brazilian law also does not require local representation if the company does not do business with local companies. brazilian law also forbids one company from assuming the obligations of another. and, above all, it forbids subpoenas to be made via social networks. Moraes didn't just tear up the laws, he tore up the constitution. I'm a lawyer, by the way ^^

if you get to translate it, this is our internet bill, the last bill sanctioned by then president dilma before the soft coup of 2016, which led moraes to power. he's screwing it article by article. https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2014/lei/l12965.htm

then again... if you get to translate it, I assure you, modesty aside, there's no better explanation than this one about the past eight/eleven years: https://open.substack.com/pub/sutor/p/alexandre-o-mediocre-golpista-do