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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WilliamMorgan ago
Probably false flag. FBI wanting to shut us down.
WhitePaladin ago
Ever since the invesitor jumped in, censoring has been increasing step by step. There are no threats, its a false flag.
PuttItOut ago
Your conclusions and observations are wrong. We have a public log, prove censorship then prove it's increasing.
WhitePaladin ago
That jewish rethoric doesnt work with me, ive seen you increasingly call out posts, as if you were even hurt, (because of the investitor), when you hammered Aged i gave you a pass, that loli shit was disgusting, now i wondered if aged wasnt a false flag, 2 weeks later, you were threatening to delete a thread with some cartoon on v/niggers, and even before that considering banning threads that mentioned shit hosted on external sites. Im sure there´s many more episodes, im not following you under the magnifying glass, but i can see the reddit police censorship slowly rising.
fujin ago
Where's your proof of actual censorship? These are baseless accusations and arguments of a low IQ nigger.
PuttItOut ago
You're wrong, there isn't any censorship, even when I have been pushed in the past I've left well enough alone.
I even unbanned Aged from v/gaming because of community feedback, and he continues in his ways.
I can have my say on content that I think is crossing a line... And please note, for the record, the post you mentioned stayed up even though I personally had issues with it.
Your arguments are not based in fact.