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  • Well. Step 1 is monitoring legal requirements around the world. In all the 50 US states, 200 countries, and whatever other kind of jurisdiction feels important.

    You have to age gate social media for 16+ in Australia. Some content is criminal in some countries. Some content is 18+ in some countries but not in others. Some countries require such content to be age gated, others do not.

    What kind of age verification is acceptable also varies…

    You need to constantly have your eye on new laws, legal precedents, or decision by regulators and adapt.

    And that doesn’t even begin to address the technological problems.








  • Ich halte das auch für unverhältnismäßig. Aber ich find’s schon unverhältnismäßig, solchen Internetpöbeleien überhaupt nachzusteigen. Hier zu schreiben fühlt sich für mich an, wie ein Wohnzimmergespräch im kleinen Kreis, auch wenn es weltweit abrufbar ist. Sowas zu verfolgen fühlt sich dann an wie ein dystopischer Überwachungsstaat.

    Aber grundrechtlich gesehen, ist das keine klare Abwägung. Im GG Art. 5 ist das “Recht auf persönliche Ehre” explizit eine Schranke für die Meinungsfreiheit. Die Unverletzlichkeit der Wohnung ist in Art. 13 garantiert, aber eben auch, dass Richter Durchsuchungen anordnen dürfen.

    Wobei es natürlich nicht nur um Ehre geht. “Hass im Netz” wird oft als Bedrohung für die Demokratie dargestellt. Wenn man das glaubt, dann rechtfertigt das natürlich eine Hausdurchsuchung. Die Reaktionen hier würden wohl auch anders aussehen, wenn das Opfer Sympathie genösse.

    Es wird oft davon geredet, irgendwelche unbenannten Grundrechte zu schützen. Das ist die linke Form von stupider Law-Order-Rhetorik. Es geht immer darum, dass Grundrechte eingeschränkt werden, nicht nur die Meinungsfreiheit. Im Prinzip rechtfertigt sowas immer Hausdurchsuchungen, usw. So funktioniert die Justiz.









  • Very unlikely, in the eyes of the US court system. They have no EU physical presence, and aren’t advertising targeting EU people.

    That’s exactly the thing. US courts don’t care about foreign laws in the first place. They don’t care about a EU presence at all.

    Nevertheless, the EU demands that any websites, internet services, … that are offered to EU users follow EU laws like GDPR. If it’s in a language not spoken in the EU, then it’s probably fine. If lemmy.today declared that it was specifically for Oregonians, that would likely be fine, too. But anything in English that is offered globally, is a potential target.

    That should not be taken lightly. If the 4chan people travelled to UK, they would probably be arrested. They will have to watch out when they travel abroad if the country might assist the UK and arrest and arrest them. If they ever acquire property abroad, that might be seized.

    Fedi-servers in the EU certainly have to follow these regulations.










  • No. Murder was illegal in nazi Germany. There simply was no rule of law.

    Formally, part of this was justified by a law that gave Hitler the power to make laws without parliament, without oversight, without regard for the constitution. Of course, that sort of thing is nonsense. People who went along with that made a choice. FWIW, all those generals who felt they had to obey Hitler’s order according to their oath, they also had sworn an oath to the republic.

    This can only be understood if one remembers that Germany had been a republic for barely 15 years. A good chunk of the elites (not just rich people, but judges, bureaucrats, … ) were indifferent or even hostile to democracy.

    The holocaust itself was not justified by anything. There was no law that made it legal to murder jewish people or anyone else.