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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albatrosv15 ago
People, you should be thankful that your government is not beheading you, like saudi arabia does to 150 people per year. Obey your government or else you are a tewwowist. Obey your government if it destroys a society, otherwise you are a tewwowist. /s
Anyway, seems that this can be probably be the end of voat. Save the memes, sort them. Once voat is gone fire them everywhere into normie spaces. Look for forums and niche social media. Even e-mail bombs will work.
Also, government is threatening you to shut up, or else. You know you are on right side.
telleveryoneyouknow ago
um, the government should be thankful that we are even working with them to resolve our concerns... we're constitutional law abiding americans. we have nothing to fear. we will fight for our freedoms until the very end and that's the end of it