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Re:Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout? by mschuster91 on Monday November 27, 2023 @09:01AM (#38432310)
> I just hope the fediverse or any other alternative is preparing itself for that next big drama. Because I feel it's a matter of when at this point, not if.

The question is, does the Fediverse want this level of responsibility? Moderating ordinary content is hard enough, moderating porn is worse because of all the legal liability: various countries have extremely strict laws regarding access of minors (e.g. Germany), there are various definitions of CSAM (again, Germany being very strict by banning not just anime "minors" aka lolicon but also textual erotica of such), then there is the issue with "revenge porn" and getting that deleted across the Fediverse...

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Re:Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout? by johnnyanmac on Monday November 27, 2023 @04:17PM (#38438434)
It will definitely be controversial, yes. I think even now in its infancy, porn is one of those topics that causes servers to draw lines in terms of federation, so it will definitely intensify if/when Reddit purges porn.

But at the same time, I doubt all instances will clamp down and ban it. It brings a lot of traffic and I'm sure many moderators have strong free speech vallues and will defend it under that banner. It's extra work but some will take it up. There will most definitely be NSFW-dedicated instances in the worst case.

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