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.
Edit:
ProTip: I decided to post this before anything legal would prevent me from doing so. I have a feeling I know where this is going to lead.
I've also updated the canary to reflect this as well (this may be the last time that little guy gets an update, we will just have to wait and see).
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Camulos ago
And it begins lol
What faggotry is this?
PuttItOut ago
We always err on the side of not removing any content (don't even remember when I last did) but things are getting hot and it's important we understand this as a community.
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physicscat ago
I thought the post here was spot on. You appealed to people's common sense and some of them don't have it.
Jewnoculars ago
“...things are getting hot....important we understand this....”
Putt, these words mean about as much as a Q post.
PuttItOut ago
I'm just laughing because you're right in a way. But surely you can extract the root of what I'm saying right?
Jewnoculars ago
Yes.
Goodbye everyone.
subscribetopewdiepie ago
Any odds of moving voat out of the US?
FreeBreivik ago
Why are you removing content? Do you want to be responsible for every single thing posted here? If someone breaks the law, leave it to law enforcement. I don't see why you need to remove any speech (unless it's actually illegal to host, like child porn.)
NotHereForPizza ago
It's almost like someone has been warning you of all of these things that keep coming to fruiting for about... oh, I dunno... two years now.
Witsend ago
It is a very thin tightrope you walk. Appreciated by at least one guy here in Texas.
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Tallest_Skil ago
Any evidence of that? I mean in the world, not in terms of retarded fake legal briefs sent by pussies who can't handle being told they're wrong. Where is anyone fighting back against any of this?
AllLibsAreEvilDemons ago
Understood.
I know they've contacted you about me. Maybe not at the behest of the FBI directly, but I'm sure they've coordinated with other "Five-Eyes" governments to get my information, as many of the things I've said (total legal here in the US) ARE 110% ILLEGAL in those stupid fucked-up backwards countries. (I'm looking at you, UK, you fucking faggots).
I'm not trying to put the site at risk. But I'll be damned if I'm not going to say what everyone else is thinking. I'll tone down the rhetoric a notch, but that's the best I can do.
We're living in dark times and from time to time, I'm going to shine a flashlight on things and expose the evil and nonsense of our current clown world. That may come across as uncomfortable, even to you guys, but that is exactly the type of speech that needs to be protected.
european ago
You soundly slightly paranoid but I'm not mocking you and you might be right. Good luck and stay safe. If you ever find yourself getting sleep deprived take a break from internetting.
clubberlang ago
Honk honk
absurdlyobfuscated ago
I can't speak for Putt, but... thanks. I've seen a lot of rather extreme and intense stuff on this site and I'm normally fairly jaded to most of it and understand that it's just talk because people get really passionate about certain topics, and they aren't realistically going to do anything dangerous in real life. But some of your comments really made me start to worry, and I don't want anyone here to do anything that might put themself or others in harm's way, or to do anything that could put the site itself at risk.
Keep saying what you need to say, just keep in mind that other people are listening - possibly ones who are genuinely insane and amoral, who might commit acts of evil that harm the innocent, and who might only need to hear a sufficiently inflammatory message to push them over the edge. By calming it down with the pitchforks and torches you might actually save innocent lives from some crazy going postal in the future.
Big_Willy_Wallace ago
You’re partially right, but you’re failing to realize that the insane amoral dangerous people a hair away from harming innocents are the ones who contacted Putt.
CantBuySkills ago
Dude... we don't even know what was said that triggered this agency... don't stop saying anything until we have an example of what can't be said!
WhereTheAngelsPlay ago
Fuck you little fucking kike. I'll put a bullet through the head of your relative and let you watch it.
How's that for a threat? Kike
Go on and ban me, show us your (((true colors)))
SpaceRace ago
How about a sternly worded letter?
drstrangegov ago
Getting hot....elaborate please.
KILLtheRATS ago
Were any names named specifically? If so, who? Please.
The_Prophets_Profit ago
It was you. They're coming.
MrDarkWater ago
nope, they are looking for u/KILLthoseRATStuesday
DrSelfAppointed ago
getting hot? Oh man, tell me again Putt how all this growth has been good for us.
TheWorstImaginable ago
What growth? Voat runs off 5x the amount of people that end up staying. There's a reddit ban, voat explodes, then a month later most normal people are like fuck that voat is filled with a bunch of retards and we only gain maybe 100 users out of thousands.
insanitea ago
Normal people? They have no spines. Why should they be here?
18222031? ago
But we don't want those people here
PuttItOut ago
You're not wrong.
WhitePaladin ago
Whats the name of the investitor Putt ?
YouAreASlave ago
Shylock Shekelgruber
Kalergi ago
Black Rifle Coffee
Hand_of_Node ago
Why do you believe Putt would betray an investor?
toobaditworks ago
No Putt is the owner.
ardvarcus ago
Oh, come on now. We all knew Voat wasn't going to last. We're actually able to say what we think here -- nobody thought the liberal cunts who control the media were going to allow that for much longer, did they? Face it, we don't have freedom of speech anywhere in the world these days, not even in America. White Christians are under determined, sustained attack, and the left has no intention of letting us band together as a people.
european ago
I doubt it's "the left" which are the problem. "Just follow the money" is a phrase that springs to mind. The world is too complex also to make it a left right thing all the time. Dumbing down real issues to the level of wwf/wwe wrestling match springs to mind. No one can know who is sincere and who is being sarcastic and ironic or just stirring either.
MrDarkWater ago
maybe the investor IS the "US Agency"
european ago
I wonder if china is involved?
abear ago
Don't you just love this little community of racists, assholes, and violent alt-right terrorists? Just burn the site to the ground, dude. It's hopeless.
big_fat_dangus ago
I do love it. What's your point bitch boi?
Diggernicks ago
Yes, yes I do.
AmaleksHairyAss ago
Take the dick out of your mouth and read a history book.
Keefin ago
That certainly begs the question why someone like you would be here. You have endless options of Hivemind echo-chambers where everyone else sounds just like you do right now.
Octoclops ago
Nice fake narrative. Now matter how many times you spout your buzzwords, it can't change the fact that violent inbred Ramadan worshipers are still the overwhelming majority of terrorists.
Vrblpollushin ago
Sounds like you're on the wrong website then, faggot. Fuck out of here.
abear ago
I love pissing off you alt-reich shit stains. Isn't that what you (((cum stains))) like to do to the evil liberals?
Deathperception ago
Are you calling juice cumstains?
Vrblpollushin ago
I love when you pieces of excrement leftist commie jew kidfuckers think when you're told to fuck off, think you've made someone mad. Faggots like you that point out an accounts age as a basis for your argument are pathetic. YOU fuck off. You're the one calling to burn the site down faggot, not me. Go back to tumblr, or buzzfeed, or San Fran. Leftist scum.
abear ago
you SO Mad. so much fun. Cheers!!
Vrblpollushin ago
Back at ya!
GritD2 ago
yes give up and let Islam and sharia be your guide for the northern hemisphere. We want all of our babies dead and eaten, and we want to make sure men are girls and vice versa, how else are we gonna get the population down.
violent alt-right terrorists do not exist except in the lefts mind to promote censorship. If there was alt right violence, JS wouldn't have had to farm his mugging out to two nigerians who are now suing him. He could have legitimately been beaten up ... but because that was like waiting for unicorns to arrive he instead took the uber route and planned his own atrocity.
abear ago
This is totally rational and definitely how healthy normal people think!!
psychosynthesis ago
LOL he really said that violent alt-right terrorists don't exist! imagine being that delusional
abear ago
These fucking morons are literally calling for a race war but there's no such thing as alt-reigh terrorism? The double-think on this site is absolutely terrifying.
MrDarkWater ago
it's truth, faggot
VoatIsNowDead ago
It is unless you are part of the leftist cult. Not part of a cult are you?
abear ago
Being that irrationally angry is far from normal. Maybe if you leave your mud pit in Nebraska once and a while you'd find out that most people are really nice and happy.
randomfuckingidiot ago
Irrational? From our perspective, its very rational.
VoatIsNowDead ago
Ignorance is bliss. Are you saying I should be ignorant too? Is it bliss? Tell me
Camulos ago
Cry about it faggot.
abear ago
No thanks I'm good, dick cheese.
bannedman ago
what is this bitch shit?