Title says it all. In combination with the recent post about somebody getting banned from the same comm, there’s a trend starting to emerge.

Edit: Sad but unsurprising that this immediately got downvoted by a German user

Edit 2: Looks like this was just one of many such posts that got locked without any reason given. Notice a pattern in the topics locked?

  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
    41·
    7 hours ago

    PTB

    The feddit admins have always rubbed me the wrong way, they very subtlety support authoritarianism, I’ve had some comments removed in feddit for arguing with .ml users about china there, but the .ml users never had their comments removed.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.net
    182·
    13 hours ago

    The feddit.org admins are planning to make an official announcement on how they see the situation and there was an internal discussion about this where it was agreed to wait for that official announcement. This is the main reason these topics were closed.

    • FelixCress@lemmy.world
      11·
      9 hours ago

      The feddit.org admins are planning to make an official announcement on how they see the situation

      I suggest that any “announcement” should be made here as their overeager mod managed to ban number of users defending Palestinians and therefore made any discussion over there not possible.

      • Mystic Mushroom [Ze/Zir]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Willing to bet if their priorities are where I think they are, they won’t do that. Why would they want to facilitate easy discussion of or against their Zionist policies? No if we want that here someone will have to crosspost it most likely.

    • nuko147@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      7 hours ago

      I really hope they have a good explanation for this kind of censorship…

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
        11·
        3 hours ago

        Fuck off, I am own this server is the best case scenario since it would at least be honest.

  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
    151·
    15 hours ago

    Why would an instance hosted in Austria have a comm declare that they follow German law… for a Europe-centric subreddit? Either way, posting news about the genocide of Palestinians is hardly denying the existence of Israel.

    You folks should see all the comments in the butt-hurt Ich Im echten Leben thread on the previous PTB post. The amount of excuses being made there for being called out as pro-genocide is Wahnsinn.

    Naja. Deutsche sind ja Deutsche wieder. See you soon on the next ich_iel thread about this post.

  • Wobble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    10·
    19 hours ago

    When I look at their sidebar and unless there is some additional missing context on ban evasions or or the news sources of the topics against the rules (e.g. Al Jazeera on Israel) none of these things are against the rules.

    The one I see that is in the same topic area is “we follow german law; do not question the statehood of Israel”. I added my own emphasism.

    My interpretation is you cannot advocate for the eradication or dismantling of the state. But then this is over moderation on any topic on Israel from any source to probably prevent any discussion and then no moderation of the comments are needed. I wonder if my being an anarchist is a ban-able offense!

    This smacks of PTB.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      264·
      1 day ago

      I mean just read rule 4 of that comm. It says “don’t question the statehood of Israel” in the rule banning hate speech, ostensibly to comply with German law. Germany has no such law (yet). They’re at the very least running defense for Zionists. I got warned by the mods to delete or edit parts of my side of an argument where I argued for a one-state solution over there the other day.

  • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
    145·
    21 hours ago

    Can someone with a moral compass make another europe channel for people who actually respect human rights?

  • FelixCress@lemmy.world
    171·
    1 day ago

    What the fuck is going on with !Europe@feddit.org ???

    I just checked and I appear banned there too although I am not sure if it is related to the same idiot(s) banning users for supporting Palestinians.

  • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    462·
    1 day ago

    You clearly don’t understand. Opposing the genocide means you support the Palestinians committing their own genocide on the Zionists!

    Instead of, ya know, giving the Palestinians dignity and emancipation, hoping for a future where they can live side by side or at least in their own sovereign states.