Federation in social networks, why it's never going to work.
Federation in social networks, why it's never going to work.
Posted Dec 21, 2017 4:42 UTC (Thu) by JanC_ (guest, #34940)In reply to: Federation in social networks, why it's never going to work. by jejb
Parent article: Federation in social networks
> Thirdly governments and regulators see the anyone can federate aspect
> as a way for evading law enforcement. It may always be under the guise
> of it's for "criminals and terrorists" but federation gives you no one throat
> to choke, which they really dislike, so governments support the walled
> garden approach because then they have a commercial entity to regulate
> and control.
> as a way for evading law enforcement. It may always be under the guise
> of it's for "criminals and terrorists" but federation gives you no one throat
> to choke, which they really dislike, so governments support the walled
> garden approach because then they have a commercial entity to regulate
> and control.
My government actually runs a public XMPP server which supports federation…