Not sure exactly what the question is but I'm fairly sure the answer is yes. 😀 Anyone can start a Lemmy/Mastodon instance and anyone can create new software that federates with it.

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (10 children)

My question is that since Lemmy/Mastodon are centred in Europe and hence is bound to follow the EU norms, can anybody create something similar to this - anywhere in the world outside of EU - and then federate it into lemmy/Mastodon ?

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 11 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

What makes you think Lemmy is "centered" in the EU?

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Anything that doesn't go down well with the EU norms get banned immediately, sometimes the user too gets blocked.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Lemmy and Mastodon aren’t centralized. Instances can federate with other instances as they choose. If your instance has, for example, a lot of bigoted communities and users, you can expect the bigger instances to de-federate from yours.

You can always federate with instances that reject “EU norms”—whatever that means—in a bubble of your own.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Where? I'm not on an EU instance. And you were recently directly linked to the fedecan initiative.

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