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> laws only apply to large players, e.g. >1M users. What if I don't want to share my user list with the government?
by willcipriano 3y ago
> laws only apply to large players, e.g. >1M users.
What if I don't want to share my user list with the government?
- interactivecode 3y agoThen don’t run a content site?
- willcipriano 3y agoWhat if I don't want the government to know I'm a user of Yahoo Answers?
- interactivecode 3y agoDon’t connect to any ISP?
- h4ckerle 3y agoYou don't have to. You can self report and if you incorrectly report it is a crime. As simple as that. This is also exactly how the definition of very large online platforms (which is a site from 45+million montly active Users) in the EUs new Digital Services Act works [1]. Some companies (primarily porn) are believed to have misreported, and are being investigated for that[2]. If they are found guilty they will have to adhere to the regulation for vlops, and pay a fine of up to 6% of their annual EU revenue... (Obviously not the full sum for a first time offence) [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Online_Platform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Online_Platform [2]https://www.politico.eu/article/online-porn-websites-europe-regulation-age/ https://www.politico.eu/article/online-porn-websites-europe-...
- amelius 3y agoOn top of that, your shareholders will want to know the actual number of active users.
- willcipriano 3y agoCouldn't the government claim you are lying about how many users you have, and then demand you show them how many you have? How will they prove how many users they have without handing over the list of users?
- amelius 3y agoTheoretically, if your forum is like Reddit they can just crawl the site and look for usernames that appear on top of posts. But I'm sure there are other ways.