WatDabney

even if it’s not quite as open as the alternative social network Mastodon, another decentralized X rival.

Mastodon can't be "another" decentralized X rival, since it's the only one of the two that actually is decentralized. BlueSky just pretends to be.

A government that can ban social media sites is going to base their choices of which ones to ban on their preferences - not yours.