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Connected Places gives you an in-depth overview of the world of decentralised social networks. I write a weekly newsletter about the ATmosphere, a […] 🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/

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Connected Places@fediversereport.com · last mo.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/116500458153780336 the eYou people, a closedsource european twitterclone that is now using didplc for identity, seem to be reading my posts and have figured out the fairly horrifying implications of it

Jasseem Allybokus Jasseem Allybokus • 2e Co-founder & CEO @eYou — The social media you can trust. Mijn website bezoeken 2 d • Bewerkt • A lot of you have been asking us the same question. "Why isn't eYou built on the AT Protocol?" I owe you a real answer. And today, I'll give you two. Because we've also just shipped something: you can now sign in to eYou with your Bluesky identity. It's live. People are using it. Let me explain both. First. Why we didn't build on AT Protocol. AT Protocol is impressive engineering. Real respect for the team behind it. But look closely at how it works, and at what European law requires of us. 1. The firehose. The moment you post, relays crawl your PDS and store full copies of your data. A public stream called the firehose broadcasts every post, like, and follow. It requires no authentication. Anyone can subscribe, capture, archive, and republish. Forever. 2. The right to erasure (GDPR Article 17). When you delete on AT Protocol, your PDS removes its copy. But the firehose has already broadcast it. Relays hold their own copies. Scrapers have indexed it. The protocol provides no mechanism to force them to delete. Erasure becomes a polite request, not a right. 3. The Russmedia ruling (CJEU, December 2025). This Grand Chamber decision (C-492/23) holds that platforms hosting user content qualify as joint data controllers under GDPR, with preventive obligations before publication. It also confirms that the Digital Services Act safe harbor does not displace GDPR. Applied to AT Protocol, where Relays and AppViews actively ingest and index user data, this creates a serious compliance problem. Preventing third-party copying of personal data is exactly what federation is designed not to do. 4. The did:plc identifier. AT Protocol's default identity method relies on a cryptographically chained, append-only operation log, operated as a central directory by a single US-based company. Erasing entries breaks the chain's integrity. Article 17 requires full erasure to be possible.
Connected Places@fediversereport.com · 3mo ago

New from me: Federation Has a European Legal Problem on what the recent Russmedia ruling means for open social protocols like #ActivityPub and #atproto warning: do not read if you value your sanity https://connectedplaces.online/federation-has-a-european-legal-problem/

Rose 🌹@rose.bsky.team · 4mo ago

Felix, CEO of Mastodon, and I hope to collaborate more. Mastodon has wide adoption in Europe and 8k communities (servers) running independently. The customization they give communities is inspiring to me. Public squares should be a gathering place for you to discover cozier corners/communities.

Panel with Bluesky and Mastodon at the International Journalism Festival
Emelia 👸🏻@thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 4mo ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/116409387146814121 A massive thanks to @laurenshof for actually attributing FediMod FIRES to me in his coverage. It means a lot to receive credit for my work!

Connected Places@fediversereport.com · 4mo ago

new from me: Fediverse Report #159, with the news: - The @sovtechfund funds @Mastodon with 600k to work on new features that allows servers to collaborate on things like blocklists and media storage - @surf has launched as a social webbrowser, with publications like The Verge and Wired already […]