While there is a lot of discussion about new Twitter alternatives and the relevance of journalists and other critical groups of users, the potential of university-based Fediverse instances has hardly been addressed. It is high time for universities to get involved in the Fediverse. This is a call to action.
Not really, and it’s not that big of an issue in general. Most of Europe has laws against the non-educational/historical display of authoritarian symbols for example.
Also on point to the topic, the municipality of Amsterdam runs its own Mastodon instance which is read-only.