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 ?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure what you mean by "centred". They're both just software. Some of the developers certainly live there but they're both open-source projects with contributors from all over the world. And software doesn't have an originating country.

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

But software developed and working in the EU zone does have to follow certain regulations.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What does "developed and working" 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 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Practically anybody is free to use GitHub. However, if l'm 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.

That's 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.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

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.

That's precisely my point though. You're referring to these softwares collectively but they can be deployed by anyone and hosted anywhere, so it's impossible to answer.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What makes you think Lemmy is "centered" in the EU?

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Anything that doesn't go down well with the EU norms get banned immediately, sometimes the user too gets blocked.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Lemmy and Mastodon aren’t 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 “EU norms”—whatever that means—in a bubble of your own.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Where? I'm not on an EU instance. And you were recently directly linked to the fedecan initiative.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 8 hours ago

They are not centered in any location.