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Each instance has its own rules for content publishing, meaning that you can choose an instance that fits your needs, or if none does, you can host your own. | Each instance has its own rules for content publishing, meaning that you can choose an instance that fits your needs, or if none does, you can host your own. |
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Because it uses ActivityPub, you can follow PeerTube channels and accounts as well as post comments on videos using any account on the Fediverse (e.g. your microblogging account on [[https://joinmastodon.org/|Mastodon]] or [[https://pleroma.social/|Pleroma]]. | Because it uses ActivityPub, you can follow PeerTube channels and accounts as well as post comments on videos using any account on the Fediverse (e.g. your microblogging account on [[https://joinmastodon.org/|Mastodon]] or [[https://pleroma.social/|Pleroma]]). |
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==== Cons ==== | ==== Cons ==== |
A list of instances that do not moderate their content or promote or host content deemed illegal in several countries (notably France) is available on [[https://peertube_isolation.frama.io/list/|Peertube Isolation]]. | A list of instances that do not moderate their content or promote or host content deemed illegal in several countries (notably France) is available on [[https://peertube_isolation.frama.io/list/|Peertube Isolation]]. |
It is highly recommended to admins to ues this list to block these bad actors and prevent their content from appearing on your federated page. | It is highly recommended to admins to ues this list to block these bad actors and prevent their content from appearing on your federated page. |
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| If you are on an instance that enabled peer-to-peer, your IP address will be visible to any user watching the video at the same time as you unless you disable the feature in the preferences. Though this should almost always be a non-issue, it has been deemed a problem for institutions in French education regarding students privacy and GDPR, which is why all these instances chose to disable peer-to-peer. |