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Time to get serious about running my own instance. I now have to wonder what kind of political opinion I might voice which could make the instance operators liable. This is not tolerable long-term.
That's the joys of being on Lemmy, if you don't like what the admin are doing on the instance you're using then you can switch.
I like how you added political opinions in here and it didn't even seem too forced either.
In the country I live I can literally go to jail if I voice opinions other than "unprovoked Russian aggressive attack". Presumably the more timid local Lemmy instance owners would fear liability.
What country is that?
The same country where lemmy.world is hosted, but there are multiple countries in the EU on track to implement 1984 down to the letter.
I still don't know what country you are talking about.
I've spent a bit of time googling and I haven't found much information on what you're saying.
Lemmy.world is hosted at Hetzner in Germany.
Itβs not illegal to push pro-Russia propaganda in Germany so Iβm not sure why you say youβll go to jail if you do.
It is illegal in Germany to voice a nonmainstream opinion. See https://linkezeitung.de/2022/06/16/meinungsfreiheit-deutsche-staatsanwaltschaft-ermittelt-gegen-alina-lipp/ for a case citing the relevant laws. Other countries like Czechia and some Baltic countries have similar legislation. It is not yet illegal to bypass blocks of censored mass media like e.g. RT, Sputnik News or any Russian TV channel.
Has Alina Lipp been charged, convicted or jailed?
Her parents have been harassed. She herself will not return to Germany for fear of persecution.
I recall several other cases in the press where people were persecuted and fined.
To recap, there is recently introduced very broad legislation which can be enforced selectively and is being used to harass and silence dissenting opinions. As lemmy.world operators are censoring a piracy community for fear of liability and hence are likely to do the same for political communities I will be moving on from this instance to a more permissive one. EOT.
So youβre saying she hasnβt been charged, convicted or jailed?
It's nice to see all the new users catching up to how the fediverse works, good job! Now go make your own instance with all the blackjack, hookers, and liability you want!
Not exactly a new user. My lemmy.ml account is three years old.
Oof. That's a bit slow on the uptake, imagine using something for 3 years and having no clue how it works.
Yeah, I'm out of here now.