

Sounds like a torrent
Because it is torrenting. I clicked on the “More information” link in the popup and:
PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users by default to help lower the load on the server. The main threat to your privacy induced by BitTorrent lies in your IP address being stored in the instance’s BitTorrent tracker as long as you download or watch the video.
No idea about copyright though, but I also don’t quite understand the issue there that doesn’t apply to ActivityPub itself too.
Check the actual reviews.
(the link is for the past week, so will be less and less inaccurate to the july first start date as the days pass by)
The only two reviews related to the drama are specifically in reaction to the alleged review bombing. The other negative reviews don’t mention anything related to the drama at all, and so the increase is probably just due to the streisand effect.
I’ll list the two drama-related reviews here trimmed down to the drama-relevant parts only (not the full reviews):
As you can see by these excerpts, both of them were made AFTER the allegations of review bombing. They’re not part of the review bombing itself that was being talked about.