Hello, is there any social media on this planet that does not ban people for things that are completely legal in all of the European legal systems?
Or is the fediverse the best choice because even though if moderators guide public opinion on the mainstream instances, people can still go to a smaller instance for refuge.
Not overly hard if you can work a Linux cli.
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible
As for costs, will that depends on how many users, what hardware you run it on, and the yearly domain.
Several instances are on single circuit board PC’s like Raspberry Pi with an attached USB HDD.