That happened in 2023
> In response to the incident, Eugen Rochko, the founder of Mastodon, pointed out that the FBI conducted a raid on one of the admins of kolektiva.social for unrelated charges. During the raid, the admin had a backup of the kolektiva.social database on one of their personal digital devices at home, which is not considered a recommended practice.
https://techstory.in/privacy-concerns-escalate-as-fbi-seizes-server-copy-from-mastodon-network-without-subpoena/
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Andreas
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2025-08-18 09:34:53 UTC
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