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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by MuffinFlavored on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:14PM (#21276550)
> "If it's illegal, we'll take it down. Give us a court order. Otherwise we don't touch it"

I think that works better on paper than in practice. If I get offended enough by something, can't I go try to sue under the premise of defamation?

Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by sparrish on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:00PM (#21276973)
Carriers can't be sued for the content they carry. It's been tried many times and so long as the carrier acts like a carrier (neutral channel), it fails.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by adrr on Thursday October 17, 2019 @12:26AM (#21278904)
Working at MySpace and getting sued by all the state attorney generals, that defense doesn’t work. We were ultimately responsible for the actions of our users including exploitation of minors which triggered the investigations.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by prepend on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:54PM (#21276908)
If you sue successfully you can get a legal order to take down the content as part of the judgement.

Libel, slander, and harassment are all crimes or civil offenses (illegal). They work pretty well.