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How does Lemmy combat illegal activities and content? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Even if it's just a recommendation on a different group in which to ask the question, I'm curious how Lemmy combats criminal activity and content like human trafficking, smuggling, terrorism, etc?

Is it just a matter of each node bans users when they identify a crime, and/or problematic nodes are defederated if they tolerate it?

And if defederated, does that mean each node has to individually choose to defederate from the one allowing criminal activity?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why should Lemmy do that

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Well, at minimum, instance operators could find themselves in legal jeopardy if they do not, depending on their local laws.

Many people would also make a moral argument for the enforcement of certain laws, but I infer from your comment that you don’t agree with such ideas.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Laws are often not moral

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

wdym

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

For example, gun control often takes the form of "making it unreasonably hard for poor people to arm themselves"