The government of Nepal blocked most social media, including Mastodon. A statement on discourse and collaboration between the ActivityPub and ATProto community. Group system a.gup.pe shuts down after accidental domain transfer.

this week’s #fediverse news:

  • Government of Nepal shuts down virtually all social media over the weekend, including Mastodon
  • An open letter calling for a cooling down of discourse and increased respect regarding debates between #activitypub and #atproto about decentralisation
  • the a.gup.pe system, which added group support for microblogging, shuts down after the domain hijacked.