A Call to Action: Universities of the World, Join the Fediverse!
A Call to Action: Universities of the World, Join the Fediverse!
While there is a lot of discussion about new Twitter alternatives and the relevance of journalists and other critical groups of users, the potential of university-based Fediverse instances has hardly been addressed. It is high time for universities to get involved in the Fediverse. This is a call to...
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I could imagine universities would not be jumping at the chance to have to moderate something, while also running very close to violating the First amendment if they removed any speech from that platform.
the first amendment only applies in one country
True, but many constitutions have similar clauses
Not really, and it's not that big of an issue in general. Most of Europe has laws against the non-educational/historical display of authoritarian symbols for example.
Also on point to the topic, the municipality of Amsterdam runs its own Mastodon instance which is read-only.