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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by josephcsible on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:44PM (#24307767)
> usually it's pedophiles until the operators get a couple not-so-nice letters or a police raid and then at least introduce modest moderation

You're describing illegal content. Nobody is objecting to taking that down. Everyone else is talking about censoring legal content.

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by askafriend on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:59PM (#24308700)
Last time I checked, Voat was a bunch of people letting the n-word rip in every comment like they're 10yo and discovered a bad word for the first time.

There was very little sign of intelligence. I had no urge to go back.

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by mschuster91 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @08:46PM (#24320454)
Hitler salutes, calling for gassing Jews, or "out with migrants" have been illegal in Germany since 1945 - for obvious reasons, one might add. That is illegal content under German laws, but "muh free speech!!!11" for Americans.
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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by josephcsible on Sunday August 30, 2020 @02:42PM (#24324905)
Let me clarify: by "illegal", I meant "illegal in the jurisdiction where it's being hosted", not "illegal anywhere on the planet".
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