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Any attempt to regulate big tech needs to be gated on big tech sized user counts.
Violent racist rhetoric posted to a forum with 20 monthly active users might lead to one lunatic ranting on a street corner to be ignored or mocked. The same thing posted to Xitter sparks riots.
Hell, we have Lemmy instances considering age verification because of this nonsense. Things are going to get spicy.
I doubt anyone will register to any lemmy instance that does this. One of the reasons people use lemmy is privacy.
Same thing is gonna happen in the US with KOSA
At this point, less Internet is good for everyone.
I think it is better if everyone just moves to I2P.
Until I read a proper interpretation of the law by a lawyer, I will consider these just knee-jerk reactions by forum owners who can’t fathom being held responsible for the things their forum members post if they don’t moderate. There was similar hand-wringing when GDPR and Article 13 passed. Things are probably going to be fine.
edit: After a bit of more research, shit like this is why small forums aren’t excluded.
Suicide forums are really a symptom of a much bigger issue about how we as a society talk about suicide. Banning them really won’t help
I didn’t know that site until you mentioned it. Thanks for letting me know about its existence. It’s a cool example of Streisand effect in practice. (Not /s)
Damn shame. But it is what people want.
I can only imagine it’s what someone uninformed on tech would want.
Stop bad thing, help children. What? Consequences?
