Mastodon's decentralized nature raises concerns about the legal risks for users hosting instances, which must comply with copyright and privacy laws globally
As the niche, decentralized social networking platform rises in popularity, it faces rising costs, culture shifts—and potential legal risks.
Indeed, while running a public server does involve some risk, most risk can be contained by engaging in a relatively small, relatively easy set of legal compliance practices, which @EFF's @cmcsherr lays out in this very easy-to-grasp explainer: https://www.eff.org/... 96/
“I worry that people will not want to host instances at all, because they go, ‘this is too scary,’” EFF's @cmcsherr told @WIRED. “But it doesn't have to be scary.” https://www.wired.com/...
Tech journalists approach Mastodon like any other startup, leaving out that its real innovation lies in the platform's core values and not its software
Once again everything is framed as “compared to Twitter.” Laughably misses the point. It's not what the fediverse is now, but what it can be very soon once we give up this ridiculous idea that only corporate centralized services can meet humanity's needs. https://www.wired.com/..…