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Privacy

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Welcome! This is a community for all those who are interested in protecting their privacy.

Rules

PS: Don't be a smartass and try to game the system, we'll know if you're breaking the rules when we see it!

  1. Be civil and no prejudice
  2. Don't promote big-tech software
  3. No reposting of news that was already posted
  4. No crypto, blockchain, NFTs
  5. No Xitter links (if absolutely necessary, use xcancel)

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Quick update on Xitter links (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 months ago by shaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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As for this community to comply with the latest instance rule, Xitter (X/Twitter) links won't be allowed. (This has been effective since 26-27th depending on your timezone.)

Link to the original post here

To summarize:

  • No X/Twitter links, shortened X/Twitter links or similar allowed. Screenshots from X/Twitter are still allowed but better avoided if possible.

  • Exception: in rare cases, https://xcancel.com/ versions of a link may be allowed, but this will be exclusive to some hard to fact check sources that DO require a link to an X/Twitter post.

No other frontend links or loopholes will be allowed.

Thank you for your time and understanding. Stay private!

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Appreciate the hard stance and encouraging people to find alternative sources!

[–] shaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We do have to be strict about this, as this rule comes from the instance and we must comply with that.

Still, avoiding traditional social media in general is a thing I support, so for me this rule is great. And I believe it also aligns with the view of a community who cares about privacy, as X/Twitter does like users data a lot.

A privacy report on X/Twitter here

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you link to the explanation on this instance? As an outsider, it's not immediately apparent to me.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36114134

Given the current political backdrop and recent video of Elon Musk performing clearly identifiable Nazi salutes at the Presidential inauguration, some communities have started banning all links to X/Twitter.

[–] Tramort@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago

Hooray for boycotting fascist platforms

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago

Great stuff.

The more places that ice out that chucklefuck service the better.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Why xcancel specifically? It's not the only remaining nitter instance.

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances