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We have domain-silenced gitmo.life , in response to user input: https://toot.cat/@news/105776013377341436

My understanding is that this still permits explicit following of discussions there, but prevents their posts from ending up in our public timelines.

-- @woozle

Is there any reason not to instance-block gitmo.life?

If you don't have an opinion, please vote "abstain" just so I can get an idea of how many have seen this notice. Thanks.

-- @woozle

socnet.supes.com (Non-moderation, fascist content, transmisia, racism, etc.)

-Xenon

masthead.social (Pro-Trump content, defending fascists, spreading misinformation that the US white supremacist coup attempt was done by antifascists, seemingly inactive staff, etc.)

-Xenon

liberdon.com (Hosting fascists, COVID denial, spreading the "voter fraud" myth of recent US elections, lack of actual moderation, etc.)

-Xenon

Mew, the TootCat wiki, has been fixed and upgraded.

It must have broken when I distro-upgraded the non-Mastodon server, but I've been so busy fixing all the other problems this caused that I hadn't noticed yet.

Still working on HubCat.

-- @woozle

I've had to take HubCat (#TootCat's Hubzilla instance) down temporarily to make room on the server (different server from the one that runs Mastodon).

I'll be resurrecting it as soon as other stuff is fixed (the server upgrade broke all the WordPress installs, and I didn't notice until yesterday).

-- @woozle

counter.fedi.live (Non-moderation, Soapbox instance, etc.)

-Xenon

Belatedly blocked glindr.org, instance belonging to noted transphobe Graham Linehan
-- @woozle

fedi.gealdor.space (Racism, harassment, kinmisia, run by the former cryptids.online admin [skeleton/socialskeleton])

mastodon.org.uk (COVID-19 conspiracies, racism, nationalism, etc.)

jojo.singleuser.club (Racism, ableism, etc.)

social.tinfoil-hat.net (Racism, nazi symbolism [Pepe], etc.)

-Xenon

I have unblocked inex.rocks, mainly because the original block was poorly documented and I therefore can't confirm whether the conditions which led to it are still applicable.

More details here: https://mew.toot.cat/mw/Pub/toot.cat/block_list/inex.rocks

If anyone has trouble with that site, please feel free to use the reporting feature or contact me directly.

Thank you!
-- @woozle

videos.lukesmith.xyz (Fascism, slurs, etc.)

boseburo.ddns.net ("This instance stands for Freedom of Speech...This instance stands against politically correctness and censorship in any form")

scrapist.xyz (Reports of scraping by r000t again)

www.canberrasocial.net ("...we do not censor based on ideas or political views," racism, queermisia, etc.)

cawfee.club (Queermisia, kinmisia, etc.)

kartoffel.cafe (Praising FSE for being "What gab.com wishes it could be," along with listing itself with fascist instances and instances containing sexual imagery of minors)

7td.org (Nazism, fascism, slurs, etc.)

-Xenon

Does anyone have an opinion on whether we should block mastodon.etalab.gouv.fr?

It is technically a state-run instance, but it appears to be of educational or informational intent -- and we haven't made a habit of blocking instances originating from US public universities as far as I know.

There's a line in there somewhere, between education and surveillance, but I don't know if this crosses it.

Here's the agency's web page, translated to English.

Thanks,

-- @woozle

Does anyone have any experience with https://social.inex.rocks/, positive or negative?

We're revisiting a domain-block, by request from their admin.

-- @woozle

witches.live (Racism, harassment)

didn't realize i never got this one over here, sorry

-Xenon

lor.sh (Ableist slur in /about/more, "Respect free speech, but do not abuse it.")

-Xenon

us.tv (Hosted by fascist platforming company 'Epik,' "To allow people to upload their content without censorship.")

peertube.tech (Monetized by "...the new attention economy..." cryptocurrency, financial and cryptocurrency instance)

video.nobodyhasthe.biz (Nazism, etc.)

peertube.uno ("[translated]...we are not interested in censoring you for political or philosophical opinions.")

peertube.satoshishop.de (Instance for what appears to be a cryptocurrency clothing shop/hosting company)

tube.gnous.eu ("[translated]...any type of political video is accepted regardless of political orientation...")

-Xenon

social.sphere.com.ai (Spam instance)

-Xenon