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•The ‘queer.af’ Mastodon instance disappeared because of the Taliban
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Summary
Nutrition label
74% Informative
Afghanistan 's government has shut down the "queer.af" Mastodon instance.
The domain was administered by the Taliban , which has controlled the country since 2021 .
The instance had been in place since July 2018 as a place "for those who are queer or queer-adjacent who would like a more pleasant social media experience".
VR Score
64
Informative language
57
Neutral language
57
Article tone
formal
Language
English
Language complexity
60
Offensive language
likely offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
10
https://web.archive.org/web/20201001230047/https://www.gandi.net/en-US/domain/tld/afhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/sep/10/business.theobserverhttps://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#ICANN-era_generic_top-level_domainshttps://akko.erincandescent.net/notice/AenvYJ0yiHfspKM8uWhttps://web.archive.org/web/20231129215057/https://www.gandi.net/en-US/domain/tld/afhttps://www.gandi.net/en-US/domain/tld/afhttps://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-breaking-mastodon-instance/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/icann-wont-revoke-russian-internet-domains-says-effect-would-be-devastating/https://www.statista.com/statistics/265677/number-of-internet-top-level-domains-worldwide/
Source diversity
9
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