Note: It would be best not to visit the instance for the time being until the issue is resolved.
At some point in the last 24-48 hours (approx. July 7-8, 2023) the instance vlemmy.net went down without a clear explanation, and at certain times redirected to a parked domain.
This comes after a notice from vlemmy admin pyarra announcing it was forced to de-federate with another instance due to content that is considered CSAM under Irish law (link to legal definition) syncing with vlemmy, hosted in Ireland. The original post link disappeared with the server but here is a link to a cached version from lemmy.world. There is no official confirmation whether there is any connection between this event and its disappearance.
[Information from 1AM EST Jul 9th] vlemmy is still “up” and intermittently accessible. It is running “slow as hell”
Stripe, Librepay, and Github accounts are all closed. Closure date unknown
Reddit account still exists and has been messaged
No mentions of the instance in Element.io chats but still searching
They have almost certainly NOT lost their domain. Who.is historical records show no ownership or nameserver changes.
The user updated the post stating “I’m working through about 40 different potential leads right now”
The user is requesting help from the community finding an image from the kerbalspaceprogram community on vlemmy potentially left in someone’s browser cache.
Please be careful in ensuring content on lemmy.ca follows the site rules and Canadian law, so as not to get this wonderful server in trouble either!
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Rules
Any drama must be posted as an observer, you cannot post drama that you are involved with.
When posting screenshots of drama, you must obscure the identity of all the participants.
The poster must have a credible post and comment history before submitting a piece of history. This is to avoid sock-puppetry and witch hunts.
The usual instance-wide rules also apply.
Chronicle the life and tale of the fediverse (+ matrix)
Largely a sublemmy about capturing drama, from fediverse spanning drama to just lemmy drama.
Includes lore like how a instance got it’s name, how an instance got defederated, how an admin got doxxed, fedihistory etc
(New) This sub’s intentions is to an archive/newspaper, as in preferably don’t get into fights with each other or the ppl featured in the drama
Tried to click on the lemmy.world link but of course they’re down too right now…
Yeah… that’s a story for another Fedidrama post LOL
Informative and unfortunate
Nice, I’m loving these Rossmann memes. :)
I think this one in particular will be very useful for me!
I am really confused as to why they went down. Was it a mistake ir intentional? My main account was there
Same, my main account was on there, kinda frustrating.
If you want to create more backups, this may help
this need to be higher up, and embedded in lemmy(but this is for later)