Hi everyone,

I’ve been wondering about legal implications of self-hosting Lemmy. Isn’t it universally required in many countries to moderate the content that you host publicly? What happens when someone posts something illegal on your instance and you don’t won’t to bother with being a mod and just enjoy the technical aspects of it?

Would love to hear your thoughts on this!

  • Rick@thesimplecorner.org
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    1 year ago

    At the very least (and a sizable concern) is that any images you upload would at least be stored on your server. At least I think. Also self hosting…