tenforward.social
After reviewing a report regarding the personal account of the admin of tenforward.social, and discussing with other fediverse admins, we're deciding to suspend the admin and limit tenforward.social until this blows over. I'll explain why on both, starting with the admin themselves.
packetcat made several posts[1][2] that were perceived as a threat of violence, metered by it being "theoretical". This is not acceptable behavior for any user, especially an instance administrator, irrespective of the intended target of their annoyance.
This comes across as extremely volatile and dangerous, and on any other platform (except the cesspool that is X / Twatter) would be immediately removed.
packetcat appears to have been going on a run of posts using several hashtags excessively in ways we, and other instances, have previously actioned as abuse / spam.
In the first case, the #fediblock hasht
Europe limits anonymous cash payments to €3k and all cash payments to €10k. Pirate party reacts.
If you want to pay large sums of money abroad in the EU, for example when buying a car, there are a few rules you need to follow. This is because many EU countries have cash limits. This means that cash payments can only be made up to a certain amount.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11683421
The EU has quietly imposed cash limits EU-wide:
- €3k limit on anonymous payments
- €10k limit regardless (link which also lists state-by-state limits).
From the jailed¹ article:
An EU-wide maximum limit of €10 000 is set for cash payments, which will make it harder for criminals to launder dirty money.
It will also strip dignity and autonomy from non-criminal adults, you nannying assholes!
In addition, according to the provisional agreement, obliged entities will need to identify and verify the identity of a person who carries out an occasional transaction in cash between €3 000 and €10 000.
The hunt for “money launderers” and “terrorists”