What makes you think Lemmy is âcenteredâ in the EU?
My question is that since Lemmy/Mastodon are centred in Europe and hence is bound to follow the EU norms, can anybody create something similar to this - anywhere in the world outside of EU - and then federate it into lemmy/Mastodon ?
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works â¨18⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Docker@lemmy.world â¨17⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Anything that doesnât go down well with the EU norms get banned immediately, sometimes the user too gets blocked.
athairmor@lemmy.world â¨17⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Lemmy and Mastodon arenât centralized. Instances can federate with other instances as they choose. If your instance has, for example, a lot of bigoted communities and users, you can expect the bigger instances to de-federate from yours.
You can always federate with instances that reject âEU normsââwhatever that meansâin a bubble of your own.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works â¨17⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Where? Iâm not on an EU instance.
Ulrich@feddit.org â¨15⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Not sure what you mean by âcentredâ. Theyâre both just software. Some of the developers certainly live there but theyâre both open-source projects with contributors from all over the world. And software doesnât have an originating country.
Docker@lemmy.world â¨15⊠â¨hours⊠ago
But software developed and working in the EU zone does have to follow certain regulations.
Ulrich@feddit.org â¨15⊠â¨hours⊠ago
What does âdeveloped and workingâ even mean? Both are developed using GitHub, which is owned by an American company. Servers are located around the world. Developers are located around the world.
Docker@lemmy.world â¨13⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Practically anybody is free to use GitHub. However, if lâm the developer, l need to comply with the laws of the country l live in/work from. The same regulations apply for the servers as well.
Thatâs what I mean !! If I work from lndia and the server is located in lndia, then neither are bound by EU regulations pertaining to the internet/social media. At the best, the server would be barred from the EU.