Crossposted using Lemmit.

Original post from /r/mastodon by /u/El_Nightbeer on 2023-07-07 14:58:44+00:00.

So in the wake of threads’ launch, I’ve tried to really wrap my head around the logic behind it, with activitypub (I know its not even using it yet, but nevertheless, I am curious), and who better to ask than the people who are currently using the protocol.

Thus, my questions: If I am using an app to read a twitter style fediverse stuff, who is moderating the posts I see? Just the people who run the servers those posts are made on? To be more specific: If somebody posts a nude image on a server where that is allowed, but I am on a server where it is not allowed, do I see it? Would I see it even if I was using a fediverse integrated threads app? If I retweet it, who moderates me? My server, I assume?

My second line of questioning is more legally interested. For reference, I live in the EU; germany / sweden. If someone posts something (allowed on their server) which is literally illegal in some countries but not others, and the server is in a country where it is legal, who’s on the hook if I see it in a country where it is illegal? Anyone? The thread reading app I am using to log onto the fediverse?

In short, what impact is Threads going to have on fediverse content flows and moderation?

I know it’s a big flood of questions, but I’m really very curious about the possibilities of the fediverse. I’ve stopped using any sort of feed type social media and am doing most of my news and other following through RSS now, so I am curious about the options and the landscape both for personal as well as just very academic reasons. Thank you for your time!

PS: I have found and read Eugen Rochko’s threads blog post by now, but I don’t think I get whether a server I’m on would moderate off server content or not, nor do I have a grasp on how that would pay with regard to threads.