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It's software that also serves as a method to distribute and access it. But ultimately, it doesn't matter, the resulting pushback will be the same.
The conclusion of the study was basically that the biggest players should enter the fediverse in order to use their capabilities to scan and police it.
Wherever this shit exists, unwanted attention and scrutiny will follow, while the reputation of the platform will be harmed.
That's like blaming vbulletin for Nazi forums or something.
This will literally do nothing, the people conducting the study obviously have absolutely no idea how federation and the fediverse in general work...
And the big Players will be thrown out by everyone else, we are here because we hate them.
How do you know that?
Study:
Mastodon = Server hoster
Mastodon = Responsible for content
Mastodon = able to moderate
Reality:
Mastodon ≠ Server hoster
Mastodon ≠ Responsible for content
Mastodon ≠ able to moderate