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Updating some legal features
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Mastodon’s core purpose is to connect you with your friends and communities, to have conversations that matter to you.Communities need some ground rules; and, on the internet, we also need to be aware of any regulations that are relevant where our services are being operated. In the upcoming release of Mastodon (version 4.4), there are three key updates to our legal features that support server administrators in meeting these requirements.Terms of ServiceMastodon servers already have Server Rules and a Privacy Policy, that owners need to define when they create their instance. There will also now be an optional Terms of Service. To help you get started, in the future (post-4.4 final release) we will be providing a generator for the Terms of Service. The effective change date of the Terms of Service will be included, to allow users to review them before taking any action.If you operate a Mastodon instance, you should decide whether you need a Terms of Service - it may not apply if you r...
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