Mastodon Gives Control To European Nonprofit Org

Ars Technica reports:

Mastodon announced Monday that it’s shifting its structure over the next six months to become wholly owned by a European nonprofit organization—”affirming the intent that Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.”

This takes control of the social network away from its previous “ultimate decision-maker,” Eugen Rochko [photo]. As founder, Rochko initially took the reins to ensure the decentralized platform would never be for sale and “would be free of the control of a single wealthy individual.”

His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

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