I’m aware of some stuff like that some instances have defederated from others for anti-communism (lemmy.world / hexbear.net), but that’s where my knowledge ends.
I’m looking to understand what instances to be aware of, each instances’ political leaning, defederation etc.
Let’s say you want to have a photo for a project and you couldn’t find a stock or previous drawing and you don’t know how to draw, then sure, generate it using a self-hosted libre generator. At first, I came out defensive, but I read Artisanal Intelligence recommended by m532 and it change my perspective. I still feel truly attached to human art, but I’m not against the generators if they’re still self-hostable and libre.
That’s basically my stance. And there isn’t an issue with liking and wanting human art! It’s exactly what I mean when I said people that value it will seek it out.