BTW

Please feel free to send some fun mails to that address

Keep the fuckers busy for a while

Thank you for posting this and thank you for your excellent response.

There's no end to how insidious Russian manipulation is in trying to shift views, and there's much too much apologia for it online — including on the Fediverse.

Being open and transparent about it like this is super helpful in combating it.

Well, that's a follow.

I wish I knew the exact post that has them sweating, undoubtedly something true and secret that they didn't think could be implied by evidence.

People who conduct assassinations probably should not let things they are afraid of be known. But they wouldn't be violent if they were clever.

Yeah, fuck you Putler.

If we do need to comply with Hetzner on this, I'm gonna look into an option to get mstdn.social in-home, like literally so they won't be able to touch anything

But that's a last resort since I do not have the hardware not money for that currently

At least there's options just in case

@Bellingcat

What’s the adequate reply to this email?

Wrong answers only.

I will allow myself to start:

“Since when did gas stations start sending abuse notices?”

but every media outlet should really have their own server on the fedi. this is our killer app for journalistic freedom. why AP should win.

it's why I always bring up @mondoweiss already running their own server. I'm sure they are constantly pissing off the Israeli govt, who will spin such stories as antisemitic and probably convince a few admins of that view.

we can't have access to important stories going viral dictated by a few rich people, VCs or corporate interests.

Tell them that if they want to contact you they can download a Windows .exe file that functions (allegedly) as random number generator. That is, after all, what they ask others to do who wish to contact them.

krebsonsecurity.com/2021/06/ad…

You know you're doing something right when you get emails from The Kremlin asking to take shit down. Keep up the great work!

@Bellingcat

The head of Roskomnadzor is on the EU sanctions list, cf. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten…

This action, again performed under his leadership, again "create[s] a censored information space that promotes, aids and condones the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine."

I would propose reporting this to the appropriate Commission service.

Bellingcat is welcome to set up a backup account @fairdinkum.one - in fact they should set up dozens all over Mastodon. 👍

P.S. #FuckRussia!

Invite: fairdinkum.one/invite/aNgdcESz

Since when does Russia have any sway on what's posted on Social Media )Bessides X that is.

therecord.media/russia-doubles…

"They are doing it as we sit here."
Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III

"Russia, Russia, Russia, it was all a hoax, fake news"
D. tRump
An Exhaustive Compendium of Russian Collusion & US Election Intrusions and
Propaganda
tinyurl.com/5a3raftm

ehh Really wonder if anybody expected something to happen or some poor being just got hit by falling sh..-I mean order- so he/she just requested deletinon.

Maybe we can try to order them to get out of ukraine in 24hrs. Or maybe in 72 if they leave some vodka on current possitions...

Как бы мне не не нравилось то, как организована работа РКН, и то, какие указания спускаются им сверху.

Но считают отличной дискредитацией самих себя, начав с оскорблений в ответ на вежливое письмо. Даже с учётом того, что в письме действительно нет точного указания, что именно на странице нарушает закон. Начать стоит как минимум с ответного письма с попыткой узнать что именно не так (кто знает, может быть на странице действительно было что то плохое?) И уже не получив ответа начать вонять.

А так вы просто показываете себя как простого невежду.

Fucking russian clowns.

But that reminds me: The book "We are Bellingcat" is still on my TBR. I will put it on top.

The best way to fight this?

Each censorship attempt equals a donation to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to whip these mofos' nazi ass.

Telling them so. "Thank you. Your latest attempt at censorship earned x$ for the UAF", or something like that.

Good for you, @stux

@Bellingcat

I love asking people who do things for the Russian Government and Putin specifically

What does Putin's dick taste like?

#MAGAIdiots go insane when I ask this. I wonder why.

The fediverse is starting to come under attacks by state actors.

This will not end well. We are not prepared.

btw. since you're hosting users likely to be targeted by a government:

After dealing with this abuse request stuff, you might want to take a look at this, if you haven't already: devever.net/~hl/xmpp-incident

What a terrible loss it would be, if CIAcat's account was removed. Better stomp your feet on the ground and show them evil Russians that only US can dictate here.

thegrayzone.com/2018/10/29/sha…

I thought about this case.

1. As others noted: they didn't cite any broken law or offending text. Without any of this, IMHO Hetzner should just drop such a complaint.

2. As @Bellingcat is clearly a journalistic account, they have the protection of Art 5 GG. Even if you're not from Germany, Hetzer is and therefore this applies. Yes, this is meant for the state, but it should be applied to companies as well.

3. Ping some German journalists to push it to the general public.

Russian ministry, not sure they have any real power outside their borders at all tbh.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskom…

in the words of the defenders of Snake Island:

Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй