Legal concerns with self-hosting (links.hackliberty.org)

submitted 1 year ago by CCL@links.hackliberty.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been considering self-hosting for over a year now, but I'm still concerned if the feds will come knocking at my door for something someone else does.

For example, if someone on my server follows an individual or community and they posts something illegal (i.e. unauthorized sexually exploitive images) that content could be stored on my server. Wouldn't' I be legally liable for such?

I mean #fucklaws and everything, but I don't want to end up in a cage and certainly not for something someone else did.

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[-] thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It seems to work, but it keeps throwing pictrs related errors, so it's not really built for it

[-] sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Well that's disappointing. I'll have to investigate further I guess. I was really hoping to set it up (at least initially) without any type of media storage.

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