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I'm not particularly familiar with the project, but:

The claim is that it enables social network/s that are resistant to censorship. It doesn't say that it is a social network that's impossible to censor.

It's a protocol that everyone is free to implement. Valid implementations of the protocol should be compatible with each other. Meaning you don't have to go to soshl.com or use the Soshl app. Relays can choose whether or not to store/broadcast your messages, yes. But they can't stop you from sending them and they can't fake or modify your messages. They also can't revoke your identity. I assume a relay can't force other relays to delete things, but I'm not sure of the details.

A relay choosing to retransmit your message or not could be considered censorship, but it is not the same censorship as a court ordering Youtube to take a video down, which is not the same as Twitter silently burying your posts, which is not the same as the police arresting protestors, etc...




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