I think you are confusing the concept of "free speech" with the concept of censorship.  It doesn't have to be a government that engages in censorship for it to be called censorship.

Yes, an admin of a Mastodon server has the right to do that.  So they have not violated my right to free speech.  But they have engaged in censorship, and when that occurs I begin to take steps to discontinue my support.

cointastical

> by the admin of my Mastodon server that I am using

lmao you said it yourself out loud that we're talking about private citizens. Private humans can do whatever they want, everything else is communism 😂😂

kilianbuhn

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saloon

When the Mastodon server I am on has blocked your server (likely automatically using a shared blocklist), I will not see your toots (posts), and you will not see mine.

That most certainly is censorship (by the admin of my Mastodon server that I am using).