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Defederation from Lemmygrad.ml (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Hello World,

Today, after careful consideration and evaluation of recent events, we have decided to defederate from Lemmygrad.

Regrettably, we have observed a significant increase in hate speech and calls to violence originating from the Lemmygrad instance. Due to the severity of the posts and comments, we are not waiting for the next Lemmy update that will allow users to block instances.

At Lemmy.world, we have always strived to foster an inclusive and welcoming user environment. However, recent posts and comments from Lemmygrad have clearly violated our server rules and, more importantly, our core values. We firmly believe that hate speech and incitement of violence have no place in our community, regardless of personal beliefs or affiliations.

As always, we encourage all users to report any content they deem inappropriate or harmful. No matter one's stance in any conflict, Lemmy.world will always take immediate action to remove and ban any posts or comments that incite violence or propagate hatred.

We encourage everyone to continue engaging in discussions within the boundaries of respect and understanding. As we move forward with this decision, we remain committed to providing all community members with a safe and welcoming space. We appreciate your continued support and cooperation in upholding our shared principles.

Thank you,

The Lemmy.World Team

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[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago

Free speech is important. Every opinion should be heard and considered.

Not content-sharing with a website also isn't in any way a violation or stifling of free speech. Lemmygrad still exists. If you want to know what they're saying, you can go see it.

Freedom of speech does not guarantee an audience, and all that.

[-] Piers@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I think we need to start reframing it as some sort of combined right to freedom to speak and freedom to not listen. Right now the majority of the time I hear someone talking about freedom of speech is when they want the authority to force people to listen to them.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You are thinking of freedom of association: you are free to associate with people you like. This implies that you are free to not associate with people that you don't like. It's in the First Amendment too.

Blocking some dumbass from posting or commenting is just saying you don't want to associate with them.