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Censorship on feddit.org (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hi all, I noticed this community hasn't been active for a while. Might be a good time to bring it back.

Chances are, you already know what I'm talking about. For those who don't: the moderators and admins on feddit.org, especially [email protected], have been removing comments and banning the users that are pro-Palestine, most of the time without even directly addressing them, just straight to banning.

Check out this pinned post. While a some were legit insults and calls to violence, most were just expressing dissatisfaction and questioning the policy.

While not all of us would always agree on things, we've been trying to engage in meaningful discussion even if we'd sometimes end up agreeing to disagree. The same cannot be said on the above community. At this rate, it would become an echo chamber for pro-Israel who'd say anyone disagreeing with them is antisemitic.

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[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So what is your point? If you don't agree with the policy of that community you are free to block it. I think the mods clearly explained their point and I find it very refreshing they leave their post open for discussion instead of locking it.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I can say I'm personally very interested in knowing about what degrees and topics of censorship are occurring on various large Lemmy instances. I'm thankful for this post, I wouldn't have known otherwise. Not trying to start an argument or dunk on you, just registering a different perspective.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My point: the community is about Europe, not Germany. Their server itself is located in Austria. Yet the admins and mods are enforcing rules as if they're sponsored by the government of Germany. There are many different opinions over there, yet by blocking some of it, they are effectively steering all the discussions there into an echo chamber.

Even though they let it open instead of locking it, most of disagreeing comments were removed and the authors blocked.

In the same spirit of your question of "why not just block the community?", I ask you why you're even commenting here?

this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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