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Concerning harassements in a fediverse (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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If say a harasser, after getting banned let’s presume, goes to another instance and create another account to keep harassing, is there anything one can do?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

Unfortunately, the harasser would be able to do what you said, and while the victim and instance administrators can try to mitigate it, the nature of pseudoanonymous platforms is that there is only so much you can do since the harasser can easily change IP address and other identifying markers and continue the abuse, so it can quickly turn into "whack-a-mole" where you try to ban offending accounts but others pop up. This is also true on non-fediverse sites, unfortunately.

If you are getting continuously harassed or especially if you are concerned for your safety, I would recommend reaching out to support organizations and/or the police.