“Usually, the feds will subpoena a tech company to obtain data on social media users. But in the case of Mastodon—a decentralized social network—the FBI can apparently straight up seize an entire server copy containing thousands of users' data.”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/watch-out-fediverse-users-the-fbi-can-seize-a-mastodon-server
litherland
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2025-08-24 02:53:45 UTC
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2025-08-24 02:53:45 UTCEvent JSON
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