Seems like the fediverse would be a good way for Chinese citizens to get around censorship.

Does anyone know if they are using it?

  • callmepk@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    21
    ·
    5 days ago

    As a China-born Hongkonger, little to none for Lemmy as far as I know, but there are actually a lot of people in mainland China uses Fediverse but mostly on Mastodon and Misskey. I do have two friends in mainland China who are able to use Mastodon without VPN.

    Also some fun fact(?): Each time when I need to go back to mainland China, I always check if several instances are blocked. As far as I tested last time, lemmy.world is not banned in mainland China

    • callmepk@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      5 days ago

      Also some addition: a lot of people in China does not host the Fedi server in China, mostly because the requirement of obtaining ICP License if they want to host in China