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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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That is a kind of shitty response from World and seems a little condescending to me, but tone is difficult. You are welcome here and I would rather you stay and interact with the rest of us than leave the fediverse. Your voice matters and I didn't have the same outlets when I was your age.
Right... What are we trying to protect the kid here from...
If he knows how to use fedi prolly already using Linux too... Anyone with Linux skills will figure a way around anything online tbh
I think it's less about protecting the kid but about liability. You can just enter under 18, but they have to do something when you boast about it. It's not as if check your ID.
What's the liability? Tiktok and faceberg permits teenagers to use their websites and nothing ever happened to them.
https://apnews.com/article/facebook-instagram-meta-european-union-digital-services-act-61653e20757e75671092fb746e41ed4b
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/15/tech/tiktok-fine-europe-children/index.html
It's the reason zucc and co want to destroy europe.
Are you suggesting that Lemmy instances are engaged in behaviour like this?
Do you have evidence?
There's porn and violence and other adult content on Lemmy instances.
You gotta follow the law of your target countries or youll end up in the dark net.
The links were to disprove your claim nobody is holding them accountable.
So nothing then...
Everyone follows the law... How is permitting a teenager to use a public message board violates the law?
You wann do business in a country, you got to follow its laws. Easy as is.
Heres an example of such law.
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/juschg/BJNR273000002.html
Hate voting me doesnt change facts, it just makes you look ignorant.
What does the law say?
Im not your personal translator.
You provided German text to support your argument during a discussion conducted in English
I am trying to determine if there is any validity to your argument but it appears that you are also talking out of your ass with the "law" talking point.
I have done this exercise several times here on this topic and your side has yet to provide anything to support the position beyond broad appeal to authority. Which is at best a bootlicker argument.
You accuse me of talking out of my ass but would trust my word more than the actual law that you can translate by the press of one button?
I call bullshit.
Maybe trust people on the Internet less and read up on the actual source sometimes.
Im not licking anyones boots but the admins have to follow laws they want to conduct business.
Also, following the law is boot licking now? Is this some anarchist hellhole or something?
Which law was violated?
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/juschg/BJNR273000002.html
just one example
But now I got to wonder of you're a bot or have the memory of a fly.
Edit: here is a EU directive for the stubborn
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:am0005
Like there is in movies, TV, art, history, and other websites.
A little bit of a late response, but the difference is that tiktok and facebook have a legal team, which we do not. One lawsuit and we would basically be toast.
Oh Yea I use Linux it's even in Profile xD
Yes, the same as if I lock a door someone breaking the rules will just climb in a window, and that should somehow be okay but isn't.
That's how the internet works...