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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bourbonexpert ago
Hmm, I’m on here about an hour every day and have been for a couple years. I don’t recall anything “threatening”.
But then again I don’t scout and search. Because we are a legit free speech site with. I censorship. Not unlike Fox News or gab or 4 Chan, people flock to us because there is nowhere else to go.
Look, I will be the first to admit I talk a lot of shit. But let’s be honest, law enforcement watches us, no doubt.
While we all want to “gas the kikes” and “send the niggers back to Africa” I think it’s fair to say we say these things as a tongue in Cheek “fuck you” to the Normies.
I have notice voat growing recently and I’m seeing new users all the time. While it seems voats culture is to say “Niggerfaggot” and be offensive, it’s possible some of the newcomers don’t get the joke. I plan on spending more time in v/introductions to let new goats know what’s up.
I think I speak for a lot of us when I say I would be totally devastated if voat went away. There simply is no other site like it.
So to anyone reading this that has been here less than a few months. Tone it down, learn the culture and don’t be a faggot.