Hi,
I invited a friend on this instance ( lemmy.ml ) but it appear that now, creation of account require to give an email address !
Too bad my friend live in a dictatorial country and you can’t create an email account without identify yourself (either by phone number or other measure).
And of course If you say something that is (or might be in the future) prohibited by the government -> jail ( or quietly ban of all public services, bank account freeze etc…)
So why ! lemmy.ml request now an email address ??
Thanks.
It’s mostly to combat spam. I created a lemmy account with an obviously bogus e-mail account, hopped on matrix and found a nice instance admin who activated my account manually after I asked nicely.