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[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 47 points 11 months ago (2 children)

CEO is not an identity, nor minority. It's a political and economical position

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 21 points 11 months ago

It should be unnecessary to point this out, but here we are

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's not how the law works.

If anyone wants it a little more precise. Lemmy.world claims Dutch and German jurisdiction. An English translation of one relevant German statute may be found here (§130, but also note §131): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1368

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Yeah but i don't care abt the law

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah what’re they gunna do to me, double Dutch my ass in another country for posting a meme?

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 4 points 11 months ago

Meme police gonna f u up

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The people operating the platform may be fined if they don't moderate according to their local law.

I've seen people here often cheer for the EU standing up to Big Tech. Well, this, too, is EU regulations.

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)