I think defederating instances that post illegal content makes sense, as the admins are responsible for the content on their server.

I think defederating instances that host belligerent users and content makes sense, because it protects those that are targeted by them.

I don't think defederating instances that post content some people don't want to see makes sense, a la Lemmit. If the admins want to go that far, you might as well close off the entire fediverse and only host content at your personal approval. Dunno why you'd need a Lemmy instance for that.

I dont like the idea of defederation, but I understand your justifications for these specific instances.

I find the idea of defederating lemmit.online an odd one. Is there a legal reason to do this? Or is it just because you don't want users of our instance to see reddit content? I don't quite understand the justification here. (I personally just have their communities blocked)