A fundamental weakness of Lemmy is that every instance has to mirror all the content it’s users have subscribed to. This means that each instance is hosting that content, and is legally liable for hosting it.
I can certainly understand why the admins would choose not to violate their country’s laws.
I can even understand them choosing to do things based on their personal morality, ethics, and biases since users can always choose to use a different instance at any point in time.
Absolutely - this is the strength of federation, and why I think communities should be distributed across many instances, while users can gather at instances where the administrative policies are consistent with their values.
Eventually there will be a need to easily compare instances and their current defederation/blocking statuses so people can make informed choices.
