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Blocking no-cost TLDs popular with malicious actors
Published on December 23, 2022 by Nelson Chu Pavlosky

We have noticed a trend of bad actors on the Fediverse using domains that end in .cf or .tk, which are TLDs that allow users to register domains without paying money. We have suspended multiple .cf domains already, and many .tk domains appear on popular blocklists that we have not yet verified ourselves.

We are going to experiment with defederating the entire .cf TLD, so that any domain ending in .cf is blocked. If this goes well, we may do the same with .tk.

If any Jawns.club member is aware of a legitimate domain on the fediverse using either TLD, please let us know. Feel free to email us at [email protected].
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