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Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort... by kuschku on Saturday August 19, 2017 @10:19AM (#15053495)
Oh, it has already started, and it has even lead to new laws targeting SV companies in Germany.

> Why can facebook ban completely legal nude images within of minutes, but don’t even respond to requests from the police or even courts to ban a post promoting the Nazi party and suggesting genocide?

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Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort... by pjc50 on Saturday August 19, 2017 @10:27AM (#15053540)
Twitter interestingly has an is_nazi flag in their API in response to the illegality of Nazi symbols: https://twitter.com/antumbral/status/876843545100824576?lang...
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Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort... by mynewtb on Sunday August 20, 2017 @09:47AM (#15058390)
That tweet only shows a withheld_in_countries list to me. Can you maybe link to an actual example of said flag?
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Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort... by realsimulacrum on Saturday August 19, 2017 @10:35AM (#15053584)
It also probably covers any video with music thanks to GEMA.
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Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort... by userbinator on Saturday August 19, 2017 @11:11AM (#15053810)
Facebook is in a difficult position, but I would bet that free speech laws (which they don't necessarily have to abide by, but would still want to be mindful of) and general public perception of nudity in US had a lot to do with that contrast.

Germany is a particularly sensitive case with respect to Nazis, but from experience and those of others, European countries in general also tend to be far more accepting of nudity.

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