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If I were hosting said Free Speech Drive, I would be oblivious to the contents of what my users host on their drives. I would not violate their privacy by spyin

If I were hosting said Free Speech Drive, I would be oblivious to the contents of what my users host on their drives. I would not violate their privacy by spying on them. Their files, not mine.

hash872 5y ago
If your site is widely used and you make it technically impossible for you see or moderate content in any way whatsoever, your site will become a host for real illegal content- not just the borderline examples I gave. As the comment above me notes, even 4chan removes CP. You place yourself in serious legal jeopardy with this decision
- Torwald 5y ago
  4chan acts as a publisher, not just a host. If I rent out a physical storage unit to you and you use it to run a illegal drug dealing business out of it, would I be liable for that? I suppose not, which shows that the laws in regards to hosting stuff are off and those should be changed.
  - hash872 5y ago
    There is little legal distinction between a 'publisher' and a 'host', which I understand is part of the pseudolegal gibberish that's part of the 'content moderation is censorship' belief system. If your physical storage unit is consistently used for illegal drug dealing despite several arrests there, and several warnings from law enforcement, then yes you'd probably be liable for that. If you had significant scale of illegal content on Free Speech Drive, then yes you absolutely do face liability. I guess if you think you have a clever legal argument otherwise, you're free to spend $100-500k on a defense attorney to make that argument after your public arrest, while your name comes up online for 'Illegal Content Provider' for all time
nobody_at_all 5y ago
You would end up criminally charged with disseminating CP, violating copyright and more within a month. It is easy to be an internet tough guy, how about you actually start a simple file server with no restrictions and see how it goes?

If I were hosting said Free Speech Drive, I would be oblivious to the contents of what my users host on their drives. I would not violate their privacy by spying on them. Their files, not mine.

hash872 5y ago

If your site is widely used and you make it technically impossible for you see or moderate content in any way whatsoever, your site will become a host for real illegal content- not just the borderline examples I gave. As the comment above me notes, even 4chan removes CP. You place yourself in serious legal jeopardy with this decision

Torwald 5y ago
4chan acts as a publisher, not just a host. If I rent out a physical storage unit to you and you use it to run a illegal drug dealing business out of it, would I be liable for that? I suppose not, which shows that the laws in regards to hosting stuff are off and those should be changed.
- hash872 5y ago
  There is little legal distinction between a 'publisher' and a 'host', which I understand is part of the pseudolegal gibberish that's part of the 'content moderation is censorship' belief system. If your physical storage unit is consistently used for illegal drug dealing despite several arrests there, and several warnings from law enforcement, then yes you'd probably be liable for that. If you had significant scale of illegal content on Free Speech Drive, then yes you absolutely do face liability. I guess if you think you have a clever legal argument otherwise, you're free to spend $100-500k on a defense attorney to make that argument after your public arrest, while your name comes up online for 'Illegal Content Provider' for all time

nobody_at_all 5y ago

You would end up criminally charged with disseminating CP, violating copyright and more within a month. It is easy to be an internet tough guy, how about you actually start a simple file server with no restrictions and see how it goes?