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I _think_ the question here is whether you operate the platform and are able to help the police if requested. E.g. as a developer of an open-source messenger yo
by oytis 2y ago
I _think_ the question here is whether you operate the platform and are able to help the police if requested. E.g. as a developer of an open-source messenger you are probably are not liable, as soon as you deploy and operate the same messenger, and refuse to provide the data you have you can become complicit.
If police asks you to add a backdoor in your software though. As far as I know you are only explicitly obliged to do so in Australia.
- octacat 2y agook, so if someone is hosting a public xmpp server or a forum, they should check their emails.
- oytis 2y agoI guess so? At least if police reaches out to prevent/stop/investigate a crime where you as an administrator are able to help, and you don't respond, it may be argued that you are complicit.
- octacat 2y agoYeah, now I understand why old forums is easier to remove than moderate. Or put on read-only.