They're part-way through setting up a Belgian non-profit entity (AISBL) which will be the main organisation.

From https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/the-future-is-ours-to-...

>A vital aspect of our restructuring initiative is transitioning Mastodon to a new European not-for-profit entity. Our intent is to form a Belgian AISBL as the future home of the Mastodon organisation. > >As an update on our current status, Mastodon is continuing to run day-to-day operations through the Mastodon gGmbH entity (the Mastodon gGmbH entity automatically became a for-profit as a result of its charitable status being stripped away in Germany). The US-based 501(c)(3) continues to function as a strategic overlay and fundraising hub, and as a short-term solution until the AISBL is ready, the 501(c)(3) will own the trademark and other assets. We intend to transfer those assets as soon as the AISBL is ready. To enable tax-deductible donations for German donors, we partnered with WE AID as our fiscal sponsor.

The UK was never in the Schengen Area, though.

The right to be forgotten is not an absolute right.

The GDPR is incredibly easy to read, what are you on about?

>but there needs to be a human in the loop.

More than that - there needs to be a competent human in the loop.

Mastodon (the company) is building one: https://www.fediscovery.org/

They're against opt-out discovery, not discovery in general.

Given how toxic big tent communities like Twitter can get, I think that makes perfect sense for some communities. Some plants thrive in full sun, some plants thrive in the shade. Some social interactions happen in the town square and some happen at more intimate functions.

Is he really concerned about it, or is he using concern about it as a political tool?

Not just the third world. Plenty of first-world countries too.

Yes, but only because neither of them actually think.

In the absence of a testable definition or “thought”, I will make no judgment.