so the Mastodon team is trying to literally implement #censorship as an #ActivityPub feature with quoted toots:

❝ The issue here is having a mechanism for the client to know that an URL is an AP status, then exposing the status object so it can be displayed in the client (and c͟h͟e͟c͟k͟ f͟o͟r͟ q͟u͟o͟t͟e͟ a͟u͟t͟h͟o͟r͟i͟s͟a͟t͟i͟o͟n͟) ❞

https://oisaur.com/@renchap/115225686379955802

with physical speech, the only way you can be forced into “quote authorization” is by having your fingers and tongue cut off and being banished into silence… 🧵