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Leminal Space is moving to the EU in 2026 (leminal.space)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by chrisbit@leminal.space to c/leminalspace@leminal.space

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The intention is to relocate all hosting services from east coast USA/Canada to Germany in ~~early~~ January. This should have minimal impact on most users, but I wanted to provide advance notice so everyone has the opportunity to delete their account prior to the move should they disagree with having their data stored in Germany, for whatever reason. If you wish to move instances, there is an account export option on your settings page.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Glad to hear that.

Though where are the people operating it based? If they’re still in the US, the location of the servers won’t make a huge legal difference.

[–] chrisbit@leminal.space 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

We're operating out of Australia. Hosting our data in Europe will provide additional privacy protections to users given that US-based companies can be compelled to provide hosted data to government agencies via a number of mass surveillance measures (CLOUD Act, FISA 702, etc.) without any disclosure.

That said, Lemmy is inherently an open platform and users should operate on the assumption that their activity is public.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 0 points 4 months ago

Good move! I noticed after I'd already made an account that we were hosted on a US server and I agree it also made me a bit uneasy. Hearing this update is great news and now I don't have to worry about switching instances anytime in the near future. Thanks Chris!