Looks like the readme from 2 years ago is outdated. Besides, a good portion of the content of Voat actually is illegal in Switzerland; this is one of the reasons why they moved Voat to the US. The other is that the server provider was in Germany and got shut down for fishy reasons.
Why the U.S.? Switzerland seemed like a great option in the beginning, but when it comes to freedom of speech, the main idea behind Voat, U.S. law by far beats every other candidate country we’ve researched. The First Amendment is very clear about this
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Stavon ago
It is not, it's US based since the incorporation. It was based in Switzerland in ancient history because Atko was studying in Switzerland.
Northern_Soul ago
Wrong again (DM).
How does Voat differ from related projects?
https://github.com/voat/voat
Stavon ago
Looks like the readme from 2 years ago is outdated. Besides, a good portion of the content of Voat actually is illegal in Switzerland; this is one of the reasons why they moved Voat to the US. The other is that the server provider was in Germany and got shut down for fishy reasons.
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