Puttitout, the owner of Voat, made the following post...

Chill on the "threats" Voat

There has been an increasing number of content that is bordering or crossing the lines concerning making "threats." So much so that we have been formally contacted regarding some content. We are better than this.

I'm not a lawyer, and you're not a lawyer, and it isn't Voat's place to defend illegal content. We don't have a staff to review content and don't have a team of lawyers dedicated to deciding what is and isn't lawful. I'm not also into endlessly debating what is and isn't legal as subjects like this often devolve into when everyone at the party is an "internet expert."

We have to deal with this issue and if content is in the grey area, we are going to remove it upon request. We also have to cooperate with law enforcement, I hope everyone fully understands that we are not attempting to operate outside of the law. Voat's purpose is to provide a collusion and censorship free place for discussion, not taking on a government.

It's easy to avoid this entire area: Word content maturely, avoid implicit and explicit language concerning the involvement of violence and the content won't be in question. Simple, so very simple.

After this post there will most likely be "users" testing this line and hoping we remove their content in order to claim censorship on Voat. This is just how things like this work. Don't fall for this Voat. It would be simply incredible if we just worked together on this instead of the typical shit storm posts like this usually generate.

As a reminder: Voat is for your personal, lawful use. See it here: https://voat.co/help/useragreement

That's all. Thanks for reading. Carry on.

I made this comment, because I made this rule change 5 months ago and people jumped down my throat

I’m so glad that Puttitout posted this. Now we can just blame him when the haters attack us lol.

Here are some highlights in the User agreement...

• Without advance notice and at any time, we may, for violations of this agreement or for any other reason we choose: (1) suspend your access to Voat, (2) suspend or terminate Your Account, and/or (3) remove any of your User Content from voat. We reserve the right to monitor Voat, and your use of the Service means you agree to such monitoring. At the same time, we do not guarantee we will monitor at all.

• Do Not Incite Harm: You agree not to encourage harm against people.

• As you use Voat, please remember that your speech may have consequences and could lead to criminal and civil liability.

• Subverses may create their own rules and enforce them as they see fit, providing they do not violate the terms of this agreement.

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Like I said 5 months ago, I think inciting violence is a tactic used by the left. The reason is simple. Soros funds these groups. They want this site shut down!

Please ping us mods (myself, @shizy and @MolochHunter) when you see posts encouraging violence. NOT if someone is just being retarded and says they would like to kick someone’s ass. I’m talking about bringing up weapons encouraging people to act.

@Vindicator @Kevdude @Crensch