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I understand why they did what they did and it makes me think of how db0 and other admins are saying fuck all and taking a very big liability for making and supporting a free internet and i want to say all the work you do is very much appreciated. Also shoutout to lemmy.ml admins for running a similar community on their own .

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[–] tiredowl2020@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 8 months ago (14 children)

As someone who just started with this community, I'll admit that I'm a little confused by what happened. Appreciate everyone who puts in time here though!

[–] pacmondo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago (12 children)

One of the largest instances, lemmy.world, is no longer receiving posts from this community. They're worried about legal troubles I think?

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Legally I think they’d probably be exempted from liability as a common carrier, similar to how your email server isn’t going to get sued if you mail someone a link to piracy. I doubt they’re interested in testing that theory though.

[–] Bugger@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The US would rather try to pin mass shootings on social media platforms than address the core issues that might destabilize their status quo sociopolitical puppet show, which could set an incredibly dangerous precedent. I wouldn't be surprised if some money happened to find its way into the right pockets to try the same thing on behalf of the poor poor megacorps' "lost sales" in the near future.

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