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@QuaternionsRock
AFAIK Yes, federated servers have to comply with local laws, including the EU's data protection regulations. Federated instances are responsible for any mirrored data they handle, even from EU residents. But they’d see the public data only since it’s cashed in the instance server. I think. See: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/