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.
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.
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.