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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Marou ago
Gas the kikes Race War Now is not an illegal threat. The supreme court has ruled that an actionable threat needs a place and a time. example: We're gassing kikes at the White Castle on 5th avenue on Tuesday.
Can you share specific posts you've received complains on? Hosting providers and others tend to have a definition of "threats" that doesn't jive with the legal definition.
Heer_me_roar ago
Remember when Maxine Waters called for violence on live television, and the media supported her?? I wonder if she was contacted by law enforcement. How many Lefty fags do we see make threats all the time, and nothing ever comes of it? Hell, they just let he bike lock professor off of all charges, and he actually acted out his threat. This is so incredibly frustrating that only right wing thought and speech is policed, while violence from the Leftys is encouraged, while simultaneously denying us more and more of our civil rights.
captainstrange ago
it's not just frusterating, it's literally abusive.
We are being abused by the u.s. government.
You think one incident is bad.
You wait till 2020, I and others already said, they'd come for voat, and everyone else, and manufacture a reason to shut us down.
mememeyou ago
it's more than "abuse", these Jewish controlled governments want Europeans dead worldwide and are currently killing us. They put the spiders in our bed that are biting us. Jews are pushing Talmudic law that is not inclusive to us with beheadings for those who don't obey. We have documented white genocide over and over on Voat. Judge them by their fruits: Look at how Europeans are faring in South Africa after Jews I understand Putt's point.... but God forbid we use too harsh of words or make a mistake (being human and acting on emotion once in blue moon) when trying to advocate for our survival peacefully in today's clown world, considering we cannot congregate legally, discuss these issues at work or in public, speak freely on platforms, and have no representation in politics or MSM.
captainstrange ago
This is an opportunity, not a hazard.
Every time we congregate, we raise the issue. Because free assembly is lawful and legal the opposition has to resort to 'quesi' legal and illegal means to shut us down. If we conduct enough protests and gatherings of that nature, sooner or later we'll document something that can't really be denied.
Then the overton window slides from "honestly, is the government really illegally suppressing us whites?" to "hey I'm not a racist, but I'm a conservative and it's not right what the government is doing."
The debate moves from is it happening -> to is it right that it is happening and should we allow it?
You could boil it down to the absurd phrase
Remember, if your enemies physically assault you, you win.
Well, in court.
No, maybe not the legal courts, but trump did replace a boatload of them, so maybe.
No, you win in the court of public opinion.
Welcome to clown world.