These make me wonder how effectively a government could shut down something like #Mastodon. Is it even possible? Is there any identifiable (outside of the tls tunnel) character to the ActivityPub communications that could be filtered?
https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/114190556209970104
Rachel Lawson /
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2025-03-19 18:43:04
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2025-03-19 18:43:04Event JSON
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