• Gnubyte@lemdit.com
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    1 year ago

    I think people forget that decentralized doesn’t mean anonymous, and it also doesn’t mean that server admins and servers aren’t beholden to local laws

    • Takatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      If you are hosting a discussion forum on a server that you are responsible for, does that automatically make you responsible for the content that people post on it? Even an instance the size of dbzer0 is impossible for a single person to moderate all of the content from the many communities that are federated with it. Impossible.

      That’s like saying the admin of lemmy.world holds all of the wild political opinions that are posted on there.

      • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyz
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        1 year ago

        When it comes to the legality of most things hosted on websites, that is how it works. The legality of piracy is different, for no reason.

        Too many people in this thread are basically saying “discussing/assisting with piracy is illegal, move on” while having no opinion whatsoever on whether or not that is a just law. They just base their morality on what is legal and I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO SAY WHY THAT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC.