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  • theyawner
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    41 year ago

    That’s another can of worms I’ve never thought about. Reddit used to have a warranty canary in their annual transparency report. It disappeared on the next year which indicated that foreign governments has started potential user information requests.

    In 2016, there was one preservation request from Philippines. But by last year, there were 8 content removal requests.

    So yeah, it’s possible that a PH-centric instance could be sanctioned by the government for content they may deem questionable.

    • megane-kun
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      41 year ago

      I didn’t even think about the possibility of government censorship, tbh. I was just thinking that creating a PH-centric instance might not be viable, but perhaps an instance to serve South-east Asia might be. I also briefly entertained the mental image of a very salty SEA-centric instance (like the infamous amount of salt present in SEA gaming servers), but that just intensifies the pun in my head.

      On a more serious note, yeah. It doesn’t have to be hosted here in the Philippines, maybe perhaps Singapore? That still faces the issues of skilled admins (to handle all the technical stuff associated in hosting an instance), as well as the associated expenses (and managing donations).